51.   First, the House broke free of the Republican leadership, conducted its first spirited debate on reform and blocked two attempts to derail the Shays-Meehan bill.

52.   Following is the final list of stories transmitted by The New York Times News Service on the first presidential debate.

53.   For example, for voters who said they watched or listened to the first presidential debate it is plus or minus four percentage points.

54.   First, he Gored himself with his pompous first debate.

55.   For the public, the risk is that the Dole concept could produce negotiations that drag out long enough to ruin the first debate.

56.   For couch potatoes who forswore their civic duty, here is a look at the best and worst of the first debate.

57.   Fox was widely hailed as the winner of the first debate in April.

58.   Gore spent four days in Florida just last weekend, when he prepared for the first debate in Boston.

59.   Gore was seen as too pushy at the first debate, and too passive at the second debate.

60.   Gore, who slipped in polls after the first debate as the Gore campaign highlighted his mistakes and exaggerations, is trying to turn the tables.