61.   Conrad acknowledged that the immunity issue will be hotly contested, especially because the Clinton administration has said it will accept some form of immunity.

62.   Despite the conspicuous absence from the glare of White House function and television cameras, the administration says Cheney remains a prominent player in advising the president.

63.   Despite the risks, the Bush administration has said that it intends to scale back the program.

64.   Direct lending also simplifies the student loan program, making default levels easier to monitor and control, the administration says.

65.   Each of these provisions, in modified form, is contained in the House version of the bill, which the administration says it supports.

66.   Federal rules that prevent one company or person from owning two TV stations in the same market should stay in force, the Clinton administration said today.

67.   Formally, the discussion will be about the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, from which the Bush administration has repeatedly said the United States should release itself.

68.   For he appears to be taking over what the Clinton administration says is a rogue regime that may already have one or two nuclear bombs.

69.   For years, the Clinton administration has been saying that the losses in recent years have been considerably less than that.

70.   From the start, the administration said it would not release the names of these participants in order to encourage them to speak candidly.