61.   For a spare hour on election night, Bush succeeded in the necessary prelude to fulfilling his governmental promise.

62.   Following an age-old tradition, pranksters skulk onto the courthouse square late each election night and bury the losers in effigy, complete with barbed epitaphs on makeshift tombstones.

63.   For Bush and his aides, the events had similar eerie echoes of election night.

64.   For Maria Cantwell, election night lasted three and a half weeks.

65.   For voters, it was akin to the television networks announcing the winner on election night before polls close in the West.

66.   From office water coolers to grocery store parking lots, talk turned to election night.

67.   George W. had flown back to Texas for election night and watched as his father choked back his disappointment before a crowd in his concession speech.

68.   Giuliani called Pataki twice on election night to congratulate him, but Pataki did not take the calls and has yet to return them.

69.   Getting out a newspaper on election night starts slowly.

70.   Gore laced his remarks with flashes of humor, promising not to call Bush back this time to reclaim his concession as he did on election night.