71.   Treasury officials said they could not estimate the extent of the revenues American firms could expect or how much of the market they were likely to get.

72.   Treasury officials said they did not know how many of the people stopped were trying to redeem their own guns at pawnshops.

73.   Treasury officials said they were fleshing out a proposal to offer federal tax credits to employers who hired welfare recipients.

74.   Treasury officials seem fearful of precipitating falls in stock and dollar prices, as well as rising interest rates.

75.   Treasury officials today criticized a debt-ceiling bill proposed by Republican leaders in Congress and expressed only limited confidence that they will be able to make the payments.

76.   Treasury officials were confident they would win any legal challenges.

77.   Treasury officials will also urge President Bill Clinton to make an existing panel, which focuses on the troubled effort to upgrade IRS computers, permanent.

78.   Treasury officials would not comment for the record, nor would economic analysts at the White House or at the Commerce Department.

79.   Treasury officials declined to comment on how long the authority could be employed, though they said the opinion only dealt with the next year.

80.   Treasury officials declined to comment on the contracts or describe possible responses to advisers or brokers.