51.   Even as the campaign began, however, the wolf faced some familiar foes.

52.   Ever since the Clinton Senate campaign officially began last weekend, Giuliani has been on TV more than Regis Philbin, defending his fund-raising letters and discussing his qualifications.

53.   Finally, Giuliani was asked how he felt about the accusations and the negative advertising the Bush campaign has begun against McCain in New York.

54.   Forget the old saying that the presidential campaign does not begin in earnest until the snow falls in Iowa, site of the first caucuses.

55.   From the moment the Turkish campaign began in earnest last year, European leaders sought to signal Turkey that it was setting its sights too high.

56.   Gen. Wesley Clark, the NATO commander, said in Brussels Tuesday that allied pilots have had only seven days of good flying weather since the campaign began.

57.   Gore has been courting black voters for years, but Saturday his campaign began a nationwide push.

58.   He told me that months before the NATO campaign began, he warned Western governments that bombing would only make things far worse for the Kosovars.

59.   He said the ethnic Albanian rebels on the ground, severely outnumbered and underarmed, have not tried any offensives against Serbian forces since the bombing campaign began.

60.   His ad campaign began Thursday in South Carolina, Colorado and Georgia.