71.   The new self-financing rules came as little surprise because top government officials had already said they supported such a move.

72.   The ruble went back up, but the scandal cost two top government officials and the chairman of the Central Bank, Viktor Gerashchenko, their jobs.

73.   The suits were filed shortly after a new law was passed this year making it illegal to criticize the president or other top government officials.

74.   The terms of the antitrust exemption have been criticized publicly by a top government antitrust official, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky.

75.   They can vote, run for Parliament and hold top government positions.

76.   They also had Israeli government officials, from a top government rabbi to the tourism minister, praise them and their worldwide Chabad, or Lubovitch, movement.

77.   They insist that the ultimate makeup of the Cabinet, the White House staff and other top government and political positions would be broadly inclusive.

78.   There will also be meetings with Castro and other top Cuban government officials, as well as human rights and religious leaders.

79.   They want more Muslims in top government posts, affirmative action for Muslim businesses, more social safety nets, and tough anticorruption laws.

80.   Top German government officials in Bonn also have contacted President Clinton, Attorney General Janet Reno and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, pleading for clemency.