91.   Catholic writer Vittorio Messori, a personal friend of the pontiff, reported earlier this week that some cardinals have suggested he should step aside for a younger man.

92.   Even so, medical facilities on board the ship had been stepped for its role in the celebrations, with nine doctors and two surgeons on board.

93.   Two astonauts aboard the shuttle Discovery stepped outside for a fifth, unscheduled spacewalk late Monday to repair the tattered insulation protecting the Hubble Space Telescope.

94.   President Boris Yeltsin proposed on Monday an end to the military assault on Chechnya, but only if Dudayev stepped aside for a pro-Russian Chechen government.

95.   Smoking is banned from cabinet meetings, forcing even President Elias Hrawi, a nicotine addict, to step outside for a cigarette.

96.   The clatter of helicopters was heard overhead as police tried to restore calm and IOC members in their hotel were told not to step outside for their own safety.