51.   The Bush campaign, which had already begun writing a victory speech for this weekend, did not respond for hours.

52.   The elder Gore had wanted his son to write his victory speech, Armistead recalls, but there was no win to celebrate.

53.   The governor, who has become more moderate with each year in office, wanted to use his victory speech to reach across party lines.

54.   The network said Clinton stopped making calls for Gore to help Mrs. Clinton write her victory speech.

55.   The night brought no victory speech, and what messages there were to give were delivered by underlings and emissaries.

56.   The second eruption came when Bush gave a victory speech that Democrats believe is premature.

57.   The Sonics, meanwhile, get another couple of days to polish that victory speech.

58.   The Texas governor started thinking about a victory speech.

59.   The victory speech in Austin was scrapped, as was the concession speech in Nashville.

60.   The U.S. Open is more like a sprint than a marathon, so Stewart had no plans to begin writing a victory speech.