51.   From John Adams onward, presidents have taken up the quill to tell their story, secure their place in history, or settle old scores.

52.   Gerson said he had seen the president take an assertive role in the speechwriting process that contradicted his reputation as a detached chief executive.

53.   Good help can be hard to find overseas, so the president will also take along enough personnel to staff a good-sized corporation.

54.   Get the president to take charge of the crusade personally.

55.   He noted this is the second time the president has taken military action when he was in trouble.

56.   His battle against Milosevic began almost as soon as the Serbian president took power nine years ago.

57.   If Congress cannot give away that authority, certainly a president cannot take it.

58.   If the president is taking his country to war, he at least owes his fellow citizens the truth.

59.   In a trip already fraught with security concerns, the president will take his entourage to NATO-controlled Kosovo in defiance of Milosevic.

60.   In an hourlong radio show, the president takes questions from callers and shares opinions with cabinet ministers, intellectuals and civic leaders.