1.   Gore also takes the Florida vote personally, this lobbyist said, but not because he feels personal animosity toward Bush.

2.   Gore also took questions on popular culture and the entertainment industry, which has been a focus of his campaign this month.

3.   Gore can take heart in the notion that a plurality of Americans say most voters in Florida intended to support Gore.

4.   Gore has taken a middle road, arguing that the issue should be studied more.

5.   Gore took a different tack.

6.   Gore took on the project last year after Hillary Rodham Clinton and others in the administration claimed turf considered more glamorous, like health care.

7.   Gore took that version with him on his recent vacation in North Carolina and worked on it throughout the week of the Republican convention.

8.   Gore took the high road Wednesday night when he offered to abide by either of those alternatives.

9.   Gore even took some controversial credit at one point for helping develop the Internet.

10.   Gore himself took to the airwaves Monday night, defending the court action in a brief, prime-time television address.