21.   The debates come when you ask why the wreckage exists and when it will end.

22.   The debate comes after nearly a year of steadily improving relations between Greece and Turkey.

23.   The debate comes as the latest poll puts Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Arizona Sen. John McCain in a dead heat for the lead in New Hampshire.

24.   The debate comes as new statistics show the government is struggling to boost revenues.

25.   The debate comes as Washington, like Oregon, searches for the right balance between broad, top-down mandates and local, voluntary action.

26.   The debate comes at a sensitive time for Gingrich, who has yet to appoint an ethics committee to handle a pending complaint against him.

27.   The debate comes in the midst of negative campaigning in South Carolina and could figure prominently in results there, coming just four days before primary voting.

28.   The debates come at a time when congressional races across the country are tightening and control of the House seems a tossup.

29.   The congressional debate comes a day after President Clinton hosted a conference on youth violence that focussed on a range of issues involving entertainment images and access to weapons.

30.   The council debate came at a time when Hussein is as isolated from the world community as he has been since the Gulf War.