61.   The senior senator from New Jersey is coolly analytical about his strengths and weaknesses.

62.   The state, which was once ceded to Gramm, its senior senator, is now wide open.

63.   The soon-to-be senior senator from New York, Charles Schumer, took a different tack in his speech nominating Clinton.

64.   Then a conference committee is formed, where senior senators defend their bill and senior representatives defend their bill, with both sides striking compromises to resolve the differences.

65.   The White House and senior Democratic senators have declared their confidence that the Senate will confirm Ms. Herman.

66.   Universities in Alabama have gained millions of dollars since its senior senator, Richard Shelby, a Republican, rose in rank on the Appropriations Committee.

67.   Vice President Al Gore was remarkably animated as he took the fight to Sen. Bob Dole, the senior senator from Kansas.

68.   With decided sourness, the senior senator from Arkansas rose to beg colleagues take a long look back across time and money.

69.   With the Senate in session after a two-week spring recess, the truly senior senator from South Carolina is back doing both.

70.   Without mentioning President Clinton by name, Dole, the senior senator from Kansas, planned to devote his victory speech to previewing themes for the general election.