21.  A trip to Brussels to meet the responsible officials can turn up a mine of information.

22.  A very sharp increase might have persuaded some Fed officials to push for higher rates to restrain inflation.

23.  A wife of a high official?

24.  Abandon wait for taxi, hoist bags over shoulder and trudge to site where minivans transport officials and persuasive hangers-on to tournament.

25.  Abolitionists in both the North and South were left to the mercy of local officials who usually refused protection.

26.  About that time, according to news reports, state corrections officials announced surprise plans to re-bid all private-prison contracts.

27.  According to industry officials, a new breed of digital phone transmits in computer code that is much more difficult to intercept.

28.  According to Les Echos, union officials said that Pache would give no indication of the size or timing of staff losses.

29.  According to some baseball officials, as many as one-third of the players on teams are devout Christians.