1.   And that point ends in an MVP debate against Duncan.

2.   At times, Lafontaine has seemed more interested in stoking a debate against economic orthodoxy than in actually winning arguments.

3.   Bush denied the suggestion in a New York Times story that he wanted to avoid prime-time debates against the vice president.

4.   But just nine days before the election, Gov. George Pataki has yet to actually commit to a debate against his Democratic opponent, Peter Vallone.

5.   But that prospect would be balanced in any debate against the stories of people who would inevitably be killed or disfigured by the vaccine.

6.   Clinton told reporters he had done better in his second night of mock debate against George Mitchell, the former senator from Maine who is standing in for Dole.

7.   Gore was planning to arrive on the Cape Friday night, spending the next four days preparing for his debate against Republican nominee George W. Bush.

8.   He would have easily won any debate against Bush if he had been himself and rejected the alleged wisdom of his advisers.

9.   His campaign staff had assembled at his Tampa hotel with mock questions to warm him up for a feisty debate against his younger, more telegenic challenger.

10.   In a one-on-one debate against Gramm, Morales would be a dead duck.