"President Clinton was pleased by these developments but remains cautious," Mr. Carter reported in the four-paragraph statement that he issued tonight.

"I have always prohibited discrimination in my businesses, and have no intention of changing that policy," Mr. Perot said in the four-paragraph statement.

The board ultimately settled for directing that a four-paragraph statement be read to the students at the opening of the semester's biology class.

But in a four-paragraph statement issued to newspapers here today, Mr. Papon made clear he had no intention of giving himself up this evening, as the court had ordered.

Matthews's four-paragraph statement did not address why he is alleged to have had H.G.H. sent to him.

In a terse four-paragraph statement, the State Department said only that he was being investigated for conducting "illegal activities" with an unnamed foreign nation.

In a four-paragraph statement faxed in response, the railroad said only that the results of the survey were "not unexpected."

When Taylor returned from that rehabilitation program, the Giants issued a four-paragraph statement over his name acknowledging that he had been treated for chemical dependency.

The Whitman administration acknowledged the consent decree agreement in a four-paragraph statement that was issued today by Mr. Verniero.

The only explanation from league headquarters has been yesterday's four-paragraph statement announcing the arbitration.