71.   For the past two months aides have insisted Yeltsin just had a cold.

72.   Gore campaign aides insisted he was aware of administration efforts to persuade the Russians to convince Milosevic to go.

73.   He canceled plans to go to his Kremlin office Thursday and Friday, although aides insisted at the time that it had nothing to do with his health.

74.   His aides insist his comments about the direction of the stock market were appropriate in the context of a public official trying to prevent unreasonable panic.

75.   In fact, Bush has not advocated bringing home troops from the Balkans now and has not changed his position, his aides insisted.

76.   Last month, he canceled several meetings while on an official trip to the United States, but his aides insisted he only suffered from exhaustion.

77.   McCain aides insisted the appeal was a positive one.

78.   Presidential aides insist that Yeltsin could still run for another term if he chooses.

79.   Presidential aides insist that despite his absence from office, Yeltsin continues to run the government.

80.   Presidential aides insist that Yeltsin is making a good recovery, while critics charge he is more ill than the government will admit.