1.   The second major debate in security valuation concerns the significance of the dividend decision.

2.   This second debate was also started in earnest by an article written by Miller and Modigliani which argued that dividends were irrelevant for the purposes of security valuation.

3.   Among their complaints is that in the second debate Lehrer said, incorrectly, that there were Gore commercials depicting Bush as a bungler.

4.   And the vice president can be expected, as he did in the second debate, to soft-pedal his views on gun control.

5.   Ari Fleischer, a Bush spokesman, also said the second debate will help Bush project the laid-back persona that works best for him.

6.   As a consequence, Gore changed styles for the second debate.

7.   As a result, in the second debate, Gore became a non-sighing, quieter and gentler candidate.

8.   As it turned out, it was left to Dole to become more critical of Clinton in their second debate last week.

9.   A second debate is scheduled at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., and a third will take place at Washington University in St. Louis.

10.   A second debate is scheduled for Monday in Seattle.