41.   For the second straight night, Bush and McCain dominated the debate of the six GOP candidates.

42.   For when the inevitable economic downturn comes, and discontent turns to anger, the people will turn from the empty debate of our present political parties.

43.   He said he anticipated a full debate of two weeks or so, with many senators offering amendments.

44.   He said the department also will have to follow new rules that will require more opportunity for public debate of board decisions.

45.   If some members of the caucus join those who oppose the assault weapons ban, they could block debate of the bill.

46.   Implicit in all the debate of the Columbine killings has been the question of whether such an outburst was predictable and whether repeats are preventable.

47.   In the debate of last week, the question of whether senators were switching their view on intervention became central.

48.   In the first debates of the Republican primaries, Gov. George W. Bush did not have to do much.

49.   In what was probably the final debate of the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, Al Gore and Bill Bradley adopted a newly conciliatory tone Wednesday night.