21.   The president has expressed no desire to see an independent counsel appointed to investigate the charge that he knowingly and flagrantly violated campaign-finance laws.

22.   The president has expressed particular affection for Walters who spent the campaign a few paces behind the president carrying his papers or collecting gifts from well wishers.

23.   While President Clinton had no official comment, sources close to the White House said the president had expressed a desire to punch Prince Charles in his royal nose.

24.   Alatas said President B.J. Habibie had met with an Algerian envoy to discuss the OPEC summit plan and said the president expressed support for the idea.

25.   Aliev thanked Russia for its mediation efforts and both presidents expressed hope that Russian-Azerbaijani ties would strengthen.

26.   Arriving in the capital of tiny Moldova late Wednesday, the presidents expressed what has become familiar dissatisfaction with the CIS and conflicting visions of its future.

27.   Both presidents expressed their concern over the future of democracy in the former East Bloc against the background of the Checnya and Bosnia conflicts.

28.   For the first time, the president publicly expressed disappointment with the weak anti-corruption efforts of Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko.

29.   Government spokesman Alain Lamassoure said Wednesday that the former president expressed the wish that government offices and schools remain open.

30.   Last week, the president expressed frustration over the stalled negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians on the scope of a troop withdrawal from the occupied West Bank.