51.   New Zealand rugby coach Laurie Mains was dragged into a new controversy Tuesday over the dropping of star winger John Kirwan.

52.   Other European currencies generally firmed a bit against the mark, and the new controversy about the planned European single currency did not seem to affect the market much.

53.   Reno said she had decided to request that the jurisdiction of Kenneth Starr, the special prosecutor investigating Whitewater, be expanded to include the new controversy.