41.   In Albuquerque, Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., recently posed with beaming Hispanic leaders in front of poster-size replicas of treaty pages.

42.   In addition, Hispanic leaders are calling on Congress to provide full funding for the decennial head count.

43.   In fact, Hispanic leaders filed suit to stop his appointment.

44.   In particular, Hispanic leaders are outraged that when Garcia left for Texas, his position was filled by Alton Washington, who is Black, not Hispanic.

45.   In the meantime, former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros and other Hispanic leaders have been registering thousands of new Hispanic voters.

46.   Indeed, one of the most frequent and persistent criticisms of Chavez as a Hispanic leader is her lack of fluency in Spanish.

47.   It has the suggestion of racism that civil rights activists and Hispanic leaders are up in arms over.

48.   Later Thursday, Bush met privately with Hispanic leaders from around the nation.

49.   Last year, Hispanic leaders denounced a plot that had Kramer setting the Puerto Rican flag on fire and stomping it out.

50.   Mrs. Clinton triggered criticism over the weekend from Hispanic political leaders in New York by calling on the president to rescind the offer of clemency.