1.   And a hearing is scheduled for Monday afternoon at which the two sides will argue whether the results from the hand counts should be included in the statewide totals.

2.   And he took issue with the objections of the Bush camp that hand counts are open to mistakes.

3.   And Bush, who as governor happily signed a Texas law allowing for hand-counting ballots, now says hand counts should be barred in Florida.

4.   And yet they were reluctant to cut off the hand counts, because they might be the only way to read thousands of votes not tabulated by machines.

5.   And yet, the latest reports out of the Florida venues where the hand counts are being conducted are ominous for Gore.

6.   Anne Harding, too, said she supported a hand count of votes.

7.   As Warren Christopher noted for the Democrats, hand counts are lawful in Florida and other states, including Texas.

8.   Boies missed several veiled invitations by justices to lay out procedures that might be used by the high court if it were to order resumption of the hand count.

9.   A canvassing board in Broward County, another Democratic stronghold, late Monday refused to order a hand count.

10.   A first recount turned up a net gain of one vote for Bush, but a subsequent hand count in three precincts found four new votes for Gore.