61.   Gore and his Republican opponent Gov. George W. Bush presented starkly different stands on issues during their first presidential debate Tuesday night.

62.   Gore made a series of tactical decisions before the first debate.

63.   Gore, in an attempt at damage control, dropped his heavily criticized sighing and the sarcastic tones that he employed in the first debate.

64.   Going into the first debate, Bob Dole was hobbled by one problem above all.

65.   Gore and George W. Bush face off in their first debate Tuesday night.

66.   Having lost badly in the first debate, Zedillo avoided a promised rematch.

67.   He made up his mind on the presidential race after the first debate and has paid little attention to politics since then.

68.   He was widely hailed as the winner of a first debate in April.

69.   He took off more than a week in mid-campaign to gain a suntan and prep for the first debate.

70.   He said he would not press Bush to raise the abortion issue next week during his first debate with Gore.