1.   Anderson was reached in the office of his entertainment company, and an assistant told him it was a reporter on the phone.

2.   Another bureau official said the assistant told others in the bureau the topic was Mohawk gaming business.

3.   But his assistants were telling people Wednesday that the future of the staff is still uncertain.

4.   In the back room, an assistant told Graff that Kidd in fact had no money.

5.   Ms. Walters, who recently praised the phone on the air, wants to give away a half-dozen of them as Christmas gifts, the assistant told him.

6.   Yesterday a friendly local directory assistant could tell you the name of the local newspaper in Podunk or spell the name of the mayor.

7.   An assistant told Mehta a young Russian violinist wanted to play for him.

8.   In the Munich bombing, the injured assistant told police she believes the letter had an Austrian postmark.