11.  City, state, and national officials demanded to know how a medical facility could maintain such an appalling policy.

12.  Efforts by national party officials to stop it, either through mediation or threats of sanctions, have gone nowhere.

13.  Giuliani, who is expected to seek the Republican senatorial nomination, but national party officials did not rule out establishing one next year.

14.  He is the only incumbent Republican in the House who has lost a primary election this year, national Republican officials said.

15.  If the labor board or courts overturn the election, national union officials say, then the union should be removed.

16.  In Pretoria, national officials say they are searching for financing to help such towns.

17.  Most of all, it is time for national officials to zip their lips and push the replay button.

18.  National Education officials said they would review the Harcourt offer and make a recommendation to shareholders.

19.  National League officials asked Cincinnati Reds outfielder Deion Sanders to stop wearing a uniform that he said is a tribute to Jackie Robinson.

20.  National party officials have been pressing him to run for a House seat this year in Alabama.