1.   These guidelines are included in the official comments on the statutes and list a number of specific exceptions for teachers.

2.   Although France issued no official comment, it was understood to be reluctant to institute any immediate cuts in its nuclear arsenal.

3.   These negotiations are at a delicate stage and senior staff at the observatory preferred to make no official comment when contacted yesterday.

4.   Although the Chinese government had no official comment on the ban, Chinese officials have been aware of the looming possibility for weeks and were hoping to avert it.

5.   Although the State Department and the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C., both declined official comment Tuesday, sources said an agreement on establishing consulates was close.

6.   Although the official comment period on the disclosure bill has ended, the SEC said it was still accepting letters on the issue.

7.   As auto company exhibitors madly rescheduled their own press conferences and announcements, reporters ran over one another to get official comments and quotes.

8.   At first his party made no official comment.

9.   A Spirit employee who answered a call to its toll-free number Monday night said the company would have no official comment until later Tuesday morning.

10.   A spokesman for the foreign minister, Hubert Vedrine, said the ministry would not have an official comment until Friday.