11.   At present, it seems unlikely that a simple manual recount of the clearly marked ballots will be enough for Gore to overtake Bush.

12.   Barry Richard, making the closing argument for Bush, summarized the now-familiar arguments, saying there was no right under Florida law for a manual recount.

13.   Beyond his holiday bonhomie, Bush was monitoring the progress of the manual recount in Broward County, Fla. Aides said they would be calling him with updates.

14.   Boies argued and won the initial case before the Florida Supreme Court, which on Friday ordered statewide manual recounts of ballots.

15.   A day later Roberts issued an opinion that would have prohibited manual recounts sought by the Democrats.

16.   A look at the suit by Bush in the federal court to stop Florida counties from doing manual recount.

17.   A handful had donned huge papier-mache puppets of Al Gore and the five U.S. Supreme Court justices who last month voted to effectively end manual recounts in Florida.

18.   A manual recount has the potential to change hundreds of votes, mainly because ballots that were invalidated by counting machines can be ruled valid by the canvassing board.

19.   A manual recount is to begin today in Broward County and another is to be considered Tuesday in Miami-Dade.

20.   A. Not to ask for their own manual recounts in Republican counties and letting some hanging chad fall in their direction.