21.   On Wednesday, two Democratic senators and combat veterans wounded in Vietnam, Max Cleland of Georgia and Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, were given prominent speaking roles.

22.   Pat Buchanan, too, was shut out of a major speaking role.

23.   Pete Wilson of California and William Weld of Massachusetts, who were knocked out of prime-time speaking roles before the Republican National Convention.

24.   Pete Wilson of California and William Weld of Massachusetts, who were knocked out of prime-time speaking roles at the GOP national convention.

25.   Party chairman Joe Andrew promises that dissenters will be given a prominent speaking role.

26.   Pat Buchanan, the failed presidential candidate, may have been denied a speaking role here, but both NBC and CBS interviewed him on the convention floor.

27.   She got a prime-time speaking role at the Democratic convention.

28.   Texas Republican Party Chairman Tom Pauken, who favors giving Buchanan a speaking role, said the effort to play to moderates may backfire.

29.   The convention is built around a theme a day and a noticeable shortage of politicians with major speaking roles.

30.   The findings also suggest that it made good political sense for the Republicans to exclude Pat Buchanan from a speaking role at the convention.