1.   Stackhouse was not at the Sports Arena, but issued a carefully worded apology for his two-game suspension for punching Utah guard Jeff Hornacek.

2.   Friedman presided over a hearing at which the commission issued a carefully worded apology from Tutu and Boraine for upsetting the party.

3.   Hoping to win public support, Kim offered a vaguely worded apology Friday, but his political opponents and the students rejected it.

4.   Murayama and liberal allies sought a strongly worded apology.

5.   Murayama unsuccessfully tried to push a strongly worded apology through Parliament.

6.   Tanaka spoke before him, offering the carefully worded apology.