91.   For years, the federal government has given money for physician training to teaching hospitals through Medicare, the health insurance program for older Americans.

92.   From Africa to Asia, governments gave the Ceausescus honorary degrees complete with academic gowns that now collect dust in a wardrobe.

93.   Gore would also create special retirement accounts, in which the government would give seniors matching funds if they want to invest in stocks.

94.   He and his wife are appealing the decision, and they say the government has given them no idea how long the process will take.

95.   He declined to say what grants the Irish government gave Intel to build its plant there.

96.   He denied accusations that the government had given Hutomo preferential treatment.

97.   He recalled the experience in Britain, where the government gave individuals considerable freedom a decade ago to choose how to handle their pensions.

98.   He proposed earlier this month, only half-seriously, that the government give tax credits so poor people can buy laptop computers.

99.   He said he thought the government could give a final go-ahead by the end of May.

100.   He told me that the U.S. government gives grants to only one out of five or six research groups.