11.  Hotel officials attribute most of that to fallout from the federal government shutdown late last year, as well as from snowstorms that paralyzed the region early this year.

12.  Public health experts attribute most of the spread of AIDS among blacks to drug use.

13.  Royal Bank attributed most of the growth to acquisitions.

14.  Some opposition members would also benefit from the amnesty, although election observers have attributed most of the pre-election violence to government supporters.

15.  Telxon attributed most of the gain to an accounting change and reduced inventories.

16.  The company attributed most of its loss to currency fluctuations.

17.  The WB was another sick puppy after last season, though it attributed most of its ratings erosion to the loss of program carriage on the WGN cable superstation.

18.  While some of this decrease can be attributed to people getting full-time jobs, experts attribute most of the decline to cut-backs in benefits.

19.  David Rinehimer, metals analyst with Smith Barney Inc., attributed most of the buying in gold and silver to book-squaring ahead of the holidays.

20.  Most were attributed to careless grave sweepers.