1.   City officials seem more interested in generating more income for the General Fund than in improving playing conditions.

2.   Finnane said he and Fitzgerald never got as far as negotiating with anybody, though San Francisco officials seemed to feel otherwise.

3.   Unfortunately local officials seemed unable to look beyond the confines of their own little scene and the opportunity to develop the game here was lost.

4.   Although flagpole violators are due in Village Court on Monday, village officials seem eager to make the whole thing go away.

5.   American officials seemed resigned to more American blood being spilled in the struggle with terrorists.

6.   And certainly college officials seemed happy with their coup.

7.   And Chinese officials seem keenly aware that China is likely to be a major foreign policy issue in the coming American presidential election.

8.   And federal officials seem in no rush to encourage gaming tribes to air details of their financial operations.

9.   And industry officials seem stunned at times at how little credit they get for making care more efficient and, at least for a while, for controlling costs.

10.   And law-enforcement officials cannot seem to catch up with him.