31.   Republicans leaders also believe the strategy aids their presidential candidate, Gov. George W. Bush, by reinforcing the message that only he can sweep clean.

32.   Reinforcing that message, Commerce and Treasury officials were along, dangling financial lures.

33.   Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright reinforced the message Saturday.

34.   That message was reinforced again today by government statistics on jobless claims.

35.   That message was reinforced, a White House official said, in a brief conversation between Clinton and Cardoso.

36.   That message was reinforced Wednesday by the World Bank, which issued a troubling report about where things are headed.

37.   That message is later reinforced in Deuteronomy.

38.   The AFL-CIO has reinforced that message in a handful of races, where they have run ads raising questions about whether a Republican will protect Social Security.

39.   The media, too, have reinforced the message.

40.   The message was reinforced time and again by Davis on the court.