1.   Although Dole aides have been dampening expectations by portraying Clinton as far more skilled on his feet, the president may have more to lose.

2.   An aide to Lieberman had no comment on the White House letter.

3.   And, as his aides have in the past, he accused Repuclican congressmen of investigating his campaign in hopes of bankrupting the Democratic Party.

4.   At the same time, Bush aides have reason to fear being blamed for a recession that could begin after Clinton leaves office.

5.   At one point, a security aide had to shut a window in the stifling room to keep out the roar.

6.   A recent ticket-fixing scandal, in which it was revealed that high-ranking Siegelman aides had traffic tickets dismissed, only contributed to that sense.

7.   Aides have wheelchairs waiting at the end of rides when the child must get out first.

8.   But his aides have yet to decide if the national settlement would be seen as a bold strike or a sop to tobacco interests.

9.   But Lebed and Yeltsin aides could never agree on how much power the security aide should have.

10.   But White House aides had the air of a group able to do little in Russia but keep their fingers crossed.