21.   White, however, persisted in stressing issues that were domestic in both senses of the word, national as opposed to international and centered on household and home.

22.   Aides who spoke on condition of anonymity said Gore would continue to stress the issue because strategists think any threats to Medicare will unsettle Democratic voters.

23.   An aide to Levy said confirmed that the Cabinet instructed him to stress issues relating to a permanent peace settlement.

24.   An aide to Levy confirmed that the Cabinet instructed him to stress issues relating to a permanent peace settlement.

25.   Bush stressed the issue heavily in his bid for the White House, and congressional Republicans abandoned their effort to abolish the Education Department.

26.   But now that tensions in the Taiwan Strait have died down, Washington is likely to stress the issue of nuclear technology proliferation.

27.   Founded to defend civil freedoms and private enterprise, the FDP has stressed pocketbook issues in recent years.

28.   The Hong Kong Progressive Alliance, which has a good relationship with the Xinhua News Agency, stresses financial issues.

29.   The fund-raising flap caused controversy in advance of the party convention at a time when Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore was hoping to stress the issue of moral values.