71.   Among the GOP presidential candidates, only Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania has introduced or endorsed a flat tax measure.

72.   Although Perot declined to list potential presidential candidates for his new political movement, he gave a clear stamp of approval to retired Gen. Colin Powell.

73.   Although the ads would run in the heat of the campaign, Pfeifle said they would not directly benefit any presidential candidate.

74.   Among the most vociferous critics is Jesse Jackson, a former presidential candidate, who, like Dodd, will address the convention that opens here on Monday.

75.   American Airlines, Houston-based Browning Ferris Industries and EDS, the computer company formerly owned by independent presidential candidate Ross Perot, also contributed to the DNC.

76.   American voters are focusing ever more on honesty as the most important trait for a presidential candidate, according to an Associated Press poll.

77.   Americans would not tolerate Gary Hart as a presidential candidate once his randy ways were, uh, exposed as so much Monkey Business.

78.   Amid the parched cornfields that have devastated the farming economy here, presidential candidate Bill Bradley is finding some fertile soil for his uphill battle against Vice President Gore.

79.   An assessment of where the presidential candidates go from here.

80.   Among current presidential candidates, Phil Gramm, now a Republican, used to be a Democrat.