41.   Bush spokeswoman Karen Hughes denied reports that the campaign would have a major strategy meeting in Austin, Texas, this weekend to regroup.

42.   Bush maintained that his campaign had no prior knowledge of the Wyly ads.

43.   Bush campaign officials and outside advisers said the campaign had every intention to run commercials that could be defined as negative.

44.   But a few blocks south, the Gore campaign has its own building, with office after office.

45.   But after two decades of steep increases, and news about highly paid celebrity professors, the campaign may have a tough time persuading the public.

46.   Bush spokesman Ari Fletcher said the campaign had nothing to do with the ad.

47.   But Boris Feodorov, a former government tax minister who is now a Gazprom board member, believes the campaign had little to do with finances.

48.   But both campaigns may have a chance with the undecideds, including Mike Thomas, who lives about two miles from Los Arcos.

49.   But both sides say that the Nevada-led campaign has an uphill climb.

50.   But Dole seemed to acknowledge and lament that his campaign has had trouble finding its voice.