81.   The military-backed government of President Liamine Zeroual, a retired general, did not immediately respond to the call for a truce.

82.   The list of eight includes a jurist, a politician, a former sportswriter, a retired general, an entrepreneur, two lawyers and a scholar.

83.   The presumption is not that the majority of African-Americans would have voted for the retired general just because he is black.

84.   The prospect of a Chilean intelligence agent being convicted of murdering a retired Chilean general has raised tensions high in Argentina and Chile.

85.   The retired general continues to deny that he has political ambitions, but he was routinely applauded wherever he went, often with standing ovations.

86.   The retired general is contemplating his political future, and if he does run for president, he may do so as a Republican.

87.   The report was issued by a special committee composed of retired generals and other security experts, as well as physics and law professors.

88.   The retired general and Arafat met in Ramallah, in the West Bank.

89.   The retired general spoke from the USS New Jersey, docked in nearby Camden, N.J.

90.   The retired general usually chooses nontraditional, diverse or historically African-American colleges, according to his spokesman, Col. Bill Smullen.