71.   Despite all their hoopla, the presidential debates that begin Sunday may actually sway few voters.

72.   Despite the commotion outside, the event itself was tamer than the last three presidential debates.

73.   Despite their political differences, Nader and Buchanan are allies in trying to secure a place for themselves in the presidential debates this fall.

74.   Dole was unprepared for his confrontation with Mondale in the first vice presidential debate ever televised.

75.   Down in the political horse race and excluded from the presidential debates by a commission that dismissed him as entertainment, Ross Perot of the Reform Party is emboldened.

76.   During the GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire last week, the candidates repeatedly attacked her character, her credibility, her influential role.

77.   During his first presidential debate, George W. Bush volunteered that he was reading a book about postwar international policy.

78.   Does the dialogue of the presidential debates seem more juvenile than eloquent?

79.   Dole brought up the Indonesian contribution during the presidential debate Wednesday night in San Diego, but President Clinton did not address it.