"I had doubt," he told a group of local officials.

However, the group of higher officials was the only level subject to a national criterion.

Past reform efforts have been decided by small groups of officials and politicians.

They were then circulated to the group of elected officials and other leaders.

Most of the issues will be referred to working groups of officials.

Warren saw a group of boxing writers and officials at another table.

On the ground below, the group of tense officials stood in the dawn shadows.

A group of officials is on the way to China to discuss human rights and other issues.

I stood with a group of officials and other bystanders.

A small group of like-minded officials around Begin reinforced this view.