1.   Amid the prepared remarks and the gentle asides, there was a sense of awe in the East Room, shared by peacemakers and witnesses alike.

2.   Answering questions after his prepared remarks, Hashimoto said exchange rate instability might encourage Japan to switch some of its foreign reserves from U.S. Treasury securities to gold.

3.   Answering questions after his prepared remarks, Hashimoto said exchange rate instability might encourage Japan to sell some of its U.S. Treasury securities holdings and buy gold.

4.   Adding to the confusion, Christopher in his speech deviated from his prepared remarks to assert that Iraq is now trying to develop offensive biological weapons.

5.   Bush, who taught elementary school and worked as a librarian but retired after her marriage, recalled those days in her prepared remarks on Friday.

6.   Bush, in prepared remarks, called for more cooperation between north and south.

7.   But as I indicate in my prepared remarks, that I suspect that these markets are highly valued, leaves me without terribly much doubt at this point.

8.   But in his prepared remarks, Bush talked tougher.

9.   But in his prepared remarks he did not once mention the ticket of Bob Dole and Jack Kemp.

10.   But when it comes to substance, and speaking beyond prepared remarks and coached talking points, the true depth of presidential knowledge is still a mystery.