51.   Franks and James F. Dobbins, the U.S. special envoy, were in the front row.

52.   Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, the U.S. special envoy who tried unsuccessfully to mediate a cease-fire, asked for permission to see Arafat on Thursday.

53.   Former Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni was named special envoy to the region and conducted a series of meetings with representatives of both sides.

54.   Hashimoto advised Clinton Friday that he was dispatching his own special envoy to Pakistan to urge restraint.

55.   He appointed Chernomyrdin special envoy on the Yugoslav conflict and sent him to Belgrade in search of a settlement.

56.   Had he wanted a political figure, he had available former Sen. George Mitchell of Maine, who has served him as special envoy on the Irish question.

57.   He is now vice chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, the investment bank, and often serves as a special presidential envoy.

58.   He had promised to appoint a special envoy to Northern Ireland and pressure the British on human-rights violations there.

59.   He is known to be impatient with the work of some special envoys dispatched to trouble spots by the White House.

60.   He spoke as a special envoy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.