101.   That the president would take time to do such a thing in the middle of a national crisis is a statement in and of itself.

102.   The average hourly wage has barely budged since the president took office.

103.   The court has never addressed the question of how a lawsuit growing out of actions an incumbent president took before reaching the White House should be handled.

104.   The ease of procrastination explains the new interest in hybrid proposals from serious policy types in the administration who want the president to take the lead in Kyoto.

105.   The first lady said the president took the actions he felt were in the best interests of the United States.

106.   The issue at one point was whether a president should take an action he deemed vital for national security even though Congress had forbidden it.

107.   The other regional bank presidents take part in deliberations but do not vote.

108.   The pattern has been for presidents to take office denouncing graft and to leave office immersed in it.

109.   The president also took Senate Republicans to task for stalling confirmation of some of his judicial nominees.

110.   The president has also taken a stand against racial profiling by police.