A spokesman said that was always the administration's position and attributed reports to the contrary to staff misunderstandings.

A spokesman attributed the shortfall to the poor economy.

A spokesman for the Franciscan order attributed the incident to human error in an area where workers were repairing quake damage.

A spokesman attributed the surge to people watching Rachel's death in a car accident.

A spokesman for Marine attributed the increase to a general rise in short-term interest rates, which increases the cost of funds to banks.

A spokesman attributed the increase to improved net interest income, additional fee revenues and new electronic banking services.

A spokesman for the council attributed the increases to recruitment efforts and slowly rising tuition.

A spokesman for the Spanish Government attributed the death to a heart attack.

A spokesman attributed it to the precipitous decline in business travel after the attacks.