61.   Bryant inquired if the president said anything about how he felt that she was being targeted.

62.   Bush has so far seemed to endorse the views of Powell, and the president said again Monday that he remained focused on the war in Afghanistan.

63.   Business as usual, just like the president says.

64.   But many nations may be willing to provide only covert support or information, the president said.

65.   But most presidents say they experience a special humbling when they enter the White House as its principal tenant.

66.   But many listeners had no chance to understand what the president was saying about human rights, or, for that matter, other issues.

67.   But neither the congresswoman nor her aides would discuss what the president said at the meeting.

68.   But never before, officials say, have subpoenas been issued for testimony about what agents heard a president say, or activities they saw as they protected him.

69.   But more and more, college presidents are saying it is irresponsible for higher education to default to apathy.

70.   But political cynicism has reached such heights nowadays that whatever the president said, no matter how thoughtful, he was bound to be accused of pandering.