71.   And getting the oil out of them as quickly as possible.

72.   And out of an opportunity to be the starter after having stood around for a season and a half as the third-stringer.

73.   And out of the playoffs, most likely.

74.   And if we ever get out of the school parking lot.

75.   And now out of the trenches.

76.   And out of his glove.

77.   And out of what?

78.   And probably out of his mind.

79.   And out of it.

80.   And whatever the mood inside the Clinton administration, the sense elsewhere in Washington was that the president was far from out of the woods.