81.   But Richard L. Tafel, the president of Log Cabin, said he had dealings with several senior Dole campaign officials who had solicited his organization.

82.   But other campaign officials said it was highly unlikely that Dole would end up pumping significant resources into the state in the closing weeks.

83.   But political analysts and campaign officials credit those ads with making the races closer than they otherwise would have been.

84.   But Lungren campaign officials say environmental groups have distorted his record.

85.   But some Gore aides have worried about tension building up with the press courps, and campaign officials now assert that news conferences will be held more regularly.

86.   But the McCain campaign had a poll of its own last week that gave Bush only a nine-point margin, a campaign official said.

87.   But this campaign official acknowledged that the anti-Congress approach has yet to take off.

88.   But to set themselves apart from the Republicans, Clinton campaign officials insisted that they would not exert control over the content of the speeches.

89.   But when Clinton campaign officials came to Washington to take up administration posts, the files Foster had removed from the Rose firm came with them.

90.   But to set themselves apart from the Republicans, Clinton campaign officials insisted that they would not exert control over the contents of the speeches.