71.   Israeli officials could offer comments, but they would not be part of the final report submitted to the UN Security Council.

72.   Iraqi officials had offered assurances that Barloon and Daliberti were in good condition.

73.   Israeli officials have so far offered muted reaction, but the idea has been greeted with overwhelming support in the Arab world.

74.   Israeli officials offered strong but quiet support Sunday for the attack on Afghanistan, while the immediate Palestinian reaction was more ambiguous and even quieter.

75.   Jasanoff, who made a case study of the British experience, said government officials early offered categorical reassurances about the disease that turned out to be without basis.

76.   Kyle Kallander, SWC commissioner, said it is league policy that SWC officials offer postgame comments only on rule interpretations and not judgment calls.

77.   Later, when New York suffered its own drought, a Greenwich official offered his home to the mayor for a shower.

78.   Last week, alliance officials offered to halt their forces on the outskirts of the capital and allow a U.N. force to enter the city.

79.   Los Angeles Unified School District budget officials offered cautious response to the news that Wilson would be providing more funds to public education.

80.   Mitsubishi officials offered an apology Wednesday to any workers who were wronged.