51.   An abrupt decision by the Gore campaign asking her to nominate her husband, Joseph, as vice president at the convention has thrown her small staff into turmoil.

52.   An earlier decision by Clinton to set up soft-money accounts for the New York Senate race had been roundly criticized by Giuliani.

53.   An expected decision by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on whether Graham will be killed Thursday will likely not come down until that day.

54.   An FDA spokesman said the agency expects to have its decision by the end of the year.

55.   An advisory commission today completed recommendations to U.S. President Bill Clinton on increasing consumer control over coverage decisions by their health insurers.

56.   Analysts said the decision by the Federal Reserve on Tuesday to leave short-term interest rates unchanged helped ease some fears about inflation.

57.   Analysts said the robust report raised the specter of higher inflation and of a decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

58.   And a recent decision by my hard drive to give up the ghost nearly cost me all the information stored in thousands of files on my hard drive.

59.   Analysts said stocks may get a boost today from recent decisions by some companies to buy back their stock.

60.   And a Bush official said the decision by the Miami-Dade canvassing board gave the campaign great confidence.