1.   Dole aides managed last week to hash out an agreement under which party pro-choicers will refrain from waging a messy floor fight over abortion.

2.   Republicans appear to have avoided a messy floor debate on abortion as moderates and conservatives compromised on platform language.

3.   Republican senators reached agreement Thursday on a presidential line-item veto bill designed to avoid a messy intra-party floor fight.

4.   That failure increased the chances of a messy floor fight over abortion when the convention opens next Monday and delegates will vote on the platform.

5.   Whoopi Goldberg was whooping it up on the messy trading floor as Bruce Willis and Demi Moore cheeked it up with Richard Grasso, the chairman of the exchange.