71.   Presidential aides are still mulling whether Clinton ought to make a trip to North Korea, but that visit grows more unlikely by the day.

72.   Presidential aides backpedaled most of the week from the privilege claim as they saw the confrontation creating political damage for Clinton.

73.   Presidential aides have said they would recommend a veto of the bill because of language that restricts privatization of Air Force depots in San Antonio and Sacramento, Calif.

74.   Presidential aides were counting on the audience to match the support for action against Iraq reflected in the latest nationwide public opinion poll.

75.   Previous lectures have been given by former U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick and former presidential aide Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

76.   Presidential aides do not make fake wars to cover up scandals.

77.   Republican officerholders, donors and supporters spoke a single message Friday night, crediting presidential aide Karl Rove with no less than building the Texas Republican Party.

78.   Ridge, who as a presidential aide is not required to testify to Congress, was attending an informal briefing for senators.

79.   Rove has brought several historians to the White House to meet with presidential aides and, on occasion, with Bush.

80.   Senior presidential aides also tendered resignations Tuesday.