71.   County officials have indicated they have room to sweeten the pot for the lower-end SEIU workers in terms of benefits and pensions.

72.   Danish and German government officials indicated they may take the matter to European Court.

73.   Despite the criticism of the bill, White House officials indicated they could work with it.

74.   Despite the strong American condemnation, administration officials indicated that efforts to persuade Iraq to ease the harsh sentence would be conducted discreetly.

75.   Dole campaign officials later indicated that would be the case, quelling the uproar.

76.   Earlier in the week, Teamsters officials had indicated that the union might simply abstain when the political committee met to vote on an endorsement.

77.   Earlier, Centennial officials had indicated negotiations were under way to spin off Century as a separate company, with Centennial retaining a significant stake.

78.   District officials have indicated that if the arrangement works well, the school district plans to outsource more of the custodial positions, he said.

79.   District officials indicated that the student was disciplined, but declined to disclose the punishment.

80.   Earlier this week, party officials had indicated they had no problem with moving the talks temporarily to London and Dublin.