1.   Hong Kong government officials shudder privately at the thought of having to organise the allocation.

2.   The CIA destroyed the leaflets, but agency officials shuddered over the notion of a politically correct covert action.

3.   Tourism officials shuddered this week at television images of heavily armed police scouring the barren Australian Outback for a gunman suspected of murdering a British backpacker.

4.   While in no danger of losing power, its share of votes has been falling steadily, and party officials shudder at every percentage point drop.