41.   After he was named a suspect, Yale canceled his courses in international affairs and diplomacy and later declined to renew his teaching contract.

42.   After the crushing humiliation of Watergate and resignation from the presidency, he established a new career as an astute observer and chronicler of international affairs.

43.   After the terrorist attacks, some news executives expected Americans to become more interested in international affairs.

44.   Bush and Gore had discussed international affairs in the debate but stuck to generalizations about the philosophy of deploying American forces abroad.

45.   Bush came to the White House with as little preparation in international affairs as any modern president.

46.   Bush also has abandoned an early go-it-alone approach to international affairs in favor of the multilateral approach through the United Nations favored by Russia.

47.   Bush had virtually no experience in foreign policy and international affairs before becoming president.

48.   But a political strategy of deliberately stressing international affairs is not necessarily a winner for Clinton, warns John Mueller, a political scientist at the University of Rochester.

49.   Bush should be genetically predisposed to international affairs, and his foreign-policy prep during the campaign eventually was probably better than was generally acknowledged.

50.   But as the weeks wore on, with no sign of Milosevic capitulating, public confidence in his conduct of international affairs dipped.