61.   After a two-hour meeting on Saturday morning, the two presidents planned to make public statements and take a few questions from reporters.

62.   After making public statements on the issue, Sheila Kennedy said, she received numerous letters from women who had had similar experiences.

63.   Already, the next stage of the electoral process is in full swing, with secret meetings and enigmatic public statements.

64.   Almost every public statement in recent days has included a plea for forgiveness.

65.   Buchanan did not make any public statement on Thursday evening.

66.   Bullock says he will make a public statement on the Ashcroft nomination, but has not yet figured out what his opinion is.

67.   Bush had not made any public statements or appearances for more than four days.

68.   Bush has made overtures to gays, but they are ambivalent about his policies in Texas and his public statements.

69.   Bush has been careful in his public statements, not going beyond wording agreed upon with his closest advisers.

70.   Bush has called for prayer in several public statements, and White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said Bush has been praying every day since the terrorist strikes.