61.   Bush, looking tense, issued his strongly worded statement in a brief appearance on the lawn outside the Oval Office.

62.   Bush speaks to reporters after giving his statement in the Rose Garden in Washington.

63.   Bush continued to slam Gore for his statement in the last presidential debate that he does not favor big government.

64.   Bush while making his statements in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday.

65.   Bush made that statement in promising not to raise taxes, a pledge he broke later.

66.   But Babbitt made inconsistent statements in accounting for his own role in the rejection.

67.   But because of her statement in another case detailing the problem, Mrs. Herbert said other figures in the state government became aware of her allegations.

68.   But everything changed, they said, when Nye made statements in College Station on Thursday that two more unnamed hopefuls still could be considered.

69.   But because several items remain unresolved, he put off opening statements in the case until Monday.

70.   But he refused to plead guilty or to issue any kind of statement in his defense.