71.   Agency officials told the university that its review board routinely failed to check whether the research was being conducted properly.

72.   Airline officials told her she could wait for her bags to come back off the plane, but it could take hours.

73.   After the Iranian intervention, BP officials told the Azerbaijan state oil company that it would not resume exploration of the area until the dispute was settled.

74.   Air Force officials told Lundy that positive identification would take anywhere from two months to two years.

75.   All along, American soccer officials have told us the World Cup would help establish a professional league here.

76.   British officials have been telling reporters for days that the military operation may be drawn out for a variety of military and political reasons.

77.   BU officials are pointedly telling students not to travel to Israel right now, and none have signalled that they intend to.

78.   Burmese military officials have told Washington that they can do little to suppress heroin production because so much is taking place in areas controlled by rebellious ethnic minorities.

79.   British officials told their American counterparts that London considered the operation important enough to make an exception to its regulations against accepting foreign nuclear material.

80.   But a Pentagon official told a New York Times reporter on Monday night that it appeared that a missile had gone astray and might have struck a hospital.