51.   The U.S. Department of Education announced last week that Cortines would be a special adviser on urban issues and school improvement.

52.   Their appeals for a special adviser sound more like demands for a special prosecutor.

53.   They include David R. Gergen, a special adviser to Clinton, Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Mark D. Gearan, the White House communications director.

54.   Thompson also announced Phillip Russell as a special adviser on vaccine development and production.

55.   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan recently appointed Jan Egeland, a former deputy foreign minister of Norway, as his special adviser on the conflict here.

56.   William Gray, the White House special adviser on Haiti, went to see him Tuesday.

57.   William Webster, the former director of central intelligence and of the FBI, will be a special adviser to the commission.

58.   Pending confirmation, Fraga will serve as a special adviser to Finance Minister Pedro Malan.

59.   - Adm Wirat Wicharn, special adviser of the Royal Thai Navy, becomes specialist attached to the Royal Thai Navy.

60.   - ACM Thanij Angsusing, special adviser attached to the Air Force, becomes specialist attached to the Air Force.