51.   Caterpillar and other companies with an interest in the project mounted a lobbying campaign with support from members of Congress.

52.   CHICAGO - President Clinton begins the general election campaign with a solid, and possibly insurmountable, lead over Republican Bob Dole.

53.   Campaign aides said Lugar will raise the millions of dollars needed for a successful national campaign with a series of fund-raisers in the Midwest during the coming weeks.

54.   Candidates have won bigger campaigns with flimsier platforms.

55.   Clinton is scheduled to visit New Jersey in the coming weeks, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is to campaign with McGreevey on Friday.

56.   Derek Fisher started his fourth straight game Tuesday as the Lakers continued their Preserve Harp campaign with Derek Harper.

57.   Despite the enthusiasm on both sides, the GOP nominee GOP heads into the final days of the campaign with several advantages.

58.   Dewhurst is financing much of his campaign with his own fortune.

59.   The Panthers released him and he spent the final seven weeks of that campaign with the Saints.

60.   Eight years ago, Vice President George Bush overtook Dole on the last weekend of the New Hampshire campaign with commercials accusing him of being soft on taxes.