1.   Following the meeting a finance ministry official quoted Mitsuzuka as saying a plunge of the yen is undesirable and Japan is prepared to support the yen.

2.   Furthermore, INS officials quoted in the report said they were ill-equipped to significantly reduce unauthorized farm workers.

3.   In its press kit that came to reporters Tuesday, company officials quoted recyclers who praised the bottle.

4.   State education officials frequently quote statistics showing that the majority of Massachusetts teachers come from the bottom half of their college classes.

5.   U.N. officials quote Bosnian Serb authorities as saying that when they take over an area, they will arrest anyone they suspect of being a war criminal.

6.   A police official quoted witnesses as saying that Wood came out of his house late Wednesday to stop a fight between his acquaintance and two teen-agers.

7.   An East Timor official Saturday quoted U.S. Ambassador Robert Barry as saying integration of East Timor into Indonesia is good for the former Portuguese colony.

8.   APEC officials quoted him as saying the international standards include those set by the International Standardization Organization and the International Electro-technical Commission.

9.   Austrian tennis officials have quoted him as admitting that Muster was frightened by aggressive fan behavior, but Marques publicly defended the Brazilians.