61.  Also, about half of the Iowa GOP central committee members belong to the Christian Coalition, party officials said.

62.  All entreaties to the ruling Croatian Democratic Union party officials by the European administrators to intervene, or curb the activities of the underworld, are ignored.

63.  Although Clinton is considered the titular head of the Democratic Party, the day-to-day decisions about mid-level party hiring generally fell to top party officials like Fowler.

64.  Brooklyn Republican Party chairman Arthur Bramwell said party officials had decided to remain neutral.

65.  Both men were very impressed with Jiang and by the way he seemed to represent a new breed of well-educated party official.

66.  Both the Democrats and Republicans received record-setting amounts of money from direct-mail appeals on Tuesday, party officials said.

67.  Bush also spoke out for more tolerance in a dispute between the state party officials and the gay Log Cabin Republicans.

68.  But a high-ranking party official described a number of competitive scenes between the two.

69.  But a growing number of Republican governors, mayors and state party officials are expressing reservations about the Republican-led inquiry or outright opposition to impeachment.

70.  But Democratic officials said Saturday that an effort was already under way by party officials to urge Bullock to back off.