71.  At the time, military officials insisted that explosives had not contaminated the ground water.

72.  At one point he demonstrated his hovering prototype for British military officials who responded by classifying his invention as secret, effectively freezing development.

73.  Bacon said American military officials still do not know the cause of the crash, in which the pilot survived and was rescued.

74.  Bacon said military officials are still determining the circumstances of their capture.

75.  Based on a flimsy inspection, he said, Mexican military officials announced the bones did not match those of the missing men.

76.  Biamby, the army chief of staff, has also resigned, Haitian military officials said on Monday, but he did not attend the morning ceremony.

77.  Bosnian military officials close to the government said on Sunday that the offensive was planned as a lengthy operation that will evolve over the coming weeks and months.

78.  Both French and American military officials flatly denied that any such thing had ever happened.

79.  Both reports cited unnamed military officials with knowledge of the secret mission as sources, and also quoted eight former soldiers by name.

80.  -- Albanian rebels in Kosovo captured a Yugoslav army officer and turned him over to Albania, which then turned him over to U.S. military officials in Albania.