31.  No one believes the official news dispatches from Iraq or China any more than we used to believe the official line from South Africa or the Soviet Union.

32.  Not satisfied with favorable coverage on Kremlin-controlled television, Putin has set up a single press center that gives the official line on Chechnya.

33.  Not that many buy the official line.

34.  On Tuesday, wearing an American flag in the lapel of his tailored suit, Khalilzad stuck to the official White House line on the American-led war.

35.  She is vice chairwoman of the House Republican Conference and cannot buck the official line with impunity.

36.  Some businesses are willing to believe the official line until they see otherwise.

37.  That was the official line, but the next day the engineer marched with his family in an anti-privatization protest in Coatzacoalcos.

38.  The official line from all the parties involved was that the fusion of Dataquest and Gartner would create a stronger information gathering machine.

39.  The official line from the minors is that a strike, which would begin Friday, is bad for baseball at all levels.

40.  The official line is that they failed because they were too vague.