These analysts say the remarks recently attributed to the head of Pakistan's nuclear research program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, asserting that Pakistan already had developed a nuclear device, conform to what they believe is true.

"Anyone who knows him must find it hard to believe that the remarks attributed to him were made."

With Japanese far-rightists organizing protests outside France's embassy in Tokyo, the latest remark attributed to her is that the Japanese are too busy plotting against the American and European economies to be able to sleep at night.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg yesterday condemned inflammatory remarks about Jews attributed to a political ally, Lenora B. Fulani, in the late 1980's, saying that he found them to be "phenomenally offensive."

He offered new appraisals of the Mayor and the Governor, and he denied the remarks about Ms. Segarra attributed to him in the book.

Mystic remarks concerning Qur'anic verses like the famous saying "I am the dot (Arabic alphabet: ب) (English: B) of Bismillah" attributed to various Sufis including Shibli.

Recent remarks attributed to the UAE's ambassador to the US, to the effect that his country "cannot live with a nuclear Iran", fed existing tensions over disputed territory and energy resources and Shia Iran's alleged subversion of the Sunni-led monarchies.

On her official website, Nancy Ajram has apologized for anti-Iranian remarks falsely attributed to her on a website posing as her homepage.

To the Editor: The remarks attributed to me in Daniel Goleman's article "When a Long Therapy Goes a Little Way" (The Week in Review, April 18), are incomplete and were used to support a bias I do not share.

Mr. Gusterson said that neither his remark nor three others attributed to scholars at M.I.T. could be considered typical of opinion at the school.