1.   Gore did not make himself available to reporters Thursday.

2.   Gore has made education a big part of his presidential campaign.

3.   Gore has made education a major part of his platform and has argued that Bradley has offered only incremental ideas on improving education.

4.   Gore has made his share of efforts to appeal to men.

5.   Gore has made the current economic prosperity the centerpiece of his quest for the presidency.

6.   Gore has now made that task more difficult.

7.   Gore made a campaign-style appearance at a news conference in February to announce that national reading scores had improved.

8.   Gore made a fair proposal to hand-count every ballot in Florida, but Bush rejected that.

9.   Gore made calls himself.

10.   Gore made his fund-raising calls from his White House office.