71.   Federal officials sought to downplay the disagreement, saying that as long as blood goes to patients in need, the donations are worthwhile.

72.   Filipino officials have sought assurances that Americans would not engage in combat while advising Filipino troops in the mountainous jungles of Basilan island.

73.   For more than two months, Yepes was held at a federal detention center here as immigration officials sought to eject him for good.

74.   For next year, health officials are seeking the remaining funds from federal and private sources.

75.   For the most part, local officials have sought to quash discussion, prohibiting local journalists from covering it and warning Gao not to speak out.

76.   Friday, postal officials sought to reassure government workers, saying that all mail to the Fed has been sterilized by radiation to render any anthrax harmless.

77.   For the most part, local officials have sought to quash discussion of the issue, prohibiting local journalists from covering it and warning Gao not to speak out.

78.   GOP officials sought to regain the political advantage Monday by zeroing in on reports a portion of the Medicare system is in worse shape than previously thought.

79.   He acknowledged that Iraq had been discussed and suggested that the two officials had sought to coordinate their policies if an American strike was carried out.

80.   He said the presidents of two locals had said their signatures were forged when a district council official sought to certify how their locals had voted.