51.   Even those were the kinds of efforts that a mainstream Republican president might well have mounted.

52.   Everett acknowledged that Republican presidents had also granted waivers, but said that his committee was prepared to set new guidelines for the exceptions.

53.   Fifty-six percent of the judges currently sitting in the federal courts were appointed by the last two Republican presidents.

54.   Fried pork skins also are packaged, and an avowed favorite of our last Republican president, Mr. Bush.

55.   Four Republican presidents named a total of seven of the current justices, while President Clinton named two.

56.   Former Presidents Bush and Ford will take the spotlight in a convention tribute to former Republican presidents.

57.   Gov. George W. Bush and a raft of respected former Republican presidents, cabinet members and officeholders helped.

58.   He added that several respected justices, including Earl Warren, Harry Blackmun and David Souter, were nominated by Republican presidents.

59.   He alone has positioned himself to deflect the inevitable Gore attack that a Republican president will throw the monkey wrench of voodoo economics into a booming economy.

60.   Hart, who has polled for Democrats, defends the former Republican president.