21.   None of the three counties will allow voters to participate in the trial from their home or office computers, and none of the online votes will actually count.

22.   Others, though, are more optimistic, pointing to the immense growth that has occurred in the two counties during the past few decades.

23.   President Clinton declared the five counties disaster areas and telephoned his condolences to the victims.

24.   President Clinton also declared the five counties a disaster area.

25.   Richard Sholseth, coordinator for the Los Angeles County Academic Decathlon, said he was pleased that the state board will allow the two county teams a chance.

26.   So Marin and the other counties have been scrambling, without success, to find alternatives.

27.   Still, Frost remains hopeful that ranchers in the three counties will also receive some help from the federal government.

28.   Such a ruling would favor Bush, but Gore still would have the right to contest the outcomes in the various counties.

29.   The celebration would probably sprawl across the two counties.

30.   The cat-and-mouse game has contributed to a sense of tension in the six counties.