51.   He is still viewed by Democratic leaders as the favorite for the nomination and enjoys the aggressive support of President Clinton.

52.   He has proved as fickle a political leader as the Serbian president, criticizing nationalism when Milosevic championed it and then embracing it when Milosevic dumped it.

53.   He has rarely visited America, unlike such former Israeli leaders as Rabin, or appeared on television.

54.   He kept close friendships with such business leaders as David Rockefeller and Henry Ford II.

55.   He pointed out that he has traveled the world extensively and visited with many foreign leaders as a businessman, journalist and chairman of the Radio Free Europe board.

56.   He referred to the overture by President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia, which has been rejected by American and NATO leaders as inadequate.

57.   He was hailed by Attorney General John D. Ashcroft and congressional leaders as someone who can clean house.

58.   Hertzberg drew his platoon leader as a man of crafty intelligence, a brave if sadistic soldier who loved army life and felt he was fighting communism.

59.   He was a natural leader as a drill sergeant, fast-talking, quick-moving and impatient with those who were not.

60.   HP is facing stiff competition from such leaders as IBM, Sun Microsystems and Dell Corp. as the technology market continues to reel.