31.   Almost immediately after Gore selected Lieberman last week, campaign aides began explaining those stands to minority group leaders.

32.   Brown campaign aides did not return telephone calls seeking comment on the fund-raising reports.

33.   Brown campaign aides said Thursday their own internal polling shows the Democrat trailing by between two and four percentage points.

34.   Bush campaign aides have scheduled daily endorsement announcements every day for at least the next two weeks.

35.   Bush campaign aides said his comments were misinterpreted.

36.   Bush campaign aides said there was no word on when he would make his next public appearance.

37.   Bush campaign aides asserted, however, that their candidate has not changed his stance.

38.   Bush campaign aides said until Sunday that they saw no need to create a post-election committee.

39.   But a spokeswoman for his campaign, Heidi Kelly, was upbeat, in contrast to the tone of campaign aides on election night.

40.   But a spokeswoman for his campaign, Heide Kelly, was upbeat, in contrast to the tone of campaign aides on election night.