51.   Bradley delivered a policy speech on working families, further fleshing out his platform in his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

52.   Bradley, running for the Democratic presidential nomination, accused Gore, his main rival, of deliberately distorting his plan to expand health care coverage.

53.   A couple of months ago, the religious issue arose in the battle for the Republican presidential nomination.

54.   A few years later when Gore sought the Democratic presidential nomination a number of liberals shunned him as the backer of censorship.

55.   A day after securing the GOP presidential nomination, Sen. Bob Dole emerged from a meeting last week shoulder-to-shoulder with Newt Gingrich.

56.   A new poll by the Gallup organization for USA TODAY and CNN showed McCain ahead of Vice President Al Gore, the leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.

57.   A war hero challenged the choice of the establishment, a member of an old political clan, for the Republican presidential nomination.

58.   A year later, Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., built his campaign for the presidential nomination around the promise of universal coverage.

59.   Accompanied by his wife, Laura, the leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination is spending the week campaigning and raising money in the Southeast.

60.   After his dismal showing in the Iowa caucuses, Phil Gramm sensibly dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.