51.   As the Central America fight grinds on, Robert A. Pastor, a political scientist at Emory University, tried to cast it in a positive light.

52.   At Drake University in Des Moines, political scientist Dennis Goldford is hot property.

53.   At least one independent observer, University of Kansas political scientist Allan Cigler, is skeptical about their chances.

54.   At mid-year, University of Houston political scientist Christopher Wlezien and a few counterparts across the country developed election models showing that Gore would trounce Bush.

55.   At Southern Methodist University, political scientist Cal Jillson sees no constitutional crisis, but he sees a cast of characters who could produce one.

56.   At the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, Nicholas Eberstadt, a demographer and political scientist, said population projections had to be viewed skeptically.

57.   At the University of Virginia, political scientist Larry Sabato noted that Carnahan and Ashcroft both are moving to the center, though Ashcroft has further to travel.

58.   At St. Louis University, political scientist Ken Warren has questioned the legality of electing a deceased person to the Senate.

59.   At the Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs in Ashland, Ohio, political scientist Peter Schramm also played down the role that could emerge for executive privilege.

60.   At the other extreme, some political scientists are trying to put their specialty into practice.