81.   At a debate in New Hampshire on Wednesday night, the vice president said he would require such a litmus test.

82.   As with Nixon, the debate in the wake of his death will be whether it was a beauty spot or a scar.

83.   At least eight bills that would set punishments for online crime are under debate in Congress.

84.   At the center of the debate in recent weeks has been Andover-based Raytheon, which has aggressively lobbied for the change in policy.

85.   At the first debate in Boston, Gore sighed heavily when Bush spoke and acted impatient, turning off some voters.

86.   At its crux, the testy debate in Washington over the so-called patients rights bill is all about consumers getting good medical care when they need it.

87.   Bans on soft-money contributions are expected to be a major topic when campaign finance reform comes up for debate in Congress later this year.

88.   Basing their adaptations on translations by Joachim Neugroschel, Kushner and Margulies have discovered urgent debates in the old dramas about Jewish aspirations, faith, community and loss.

89.   Before leaving for home Tuesday he will also meet with Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore whom he last encountered in their testy third debate in October.

90.   Both candidates arrived at the University of Massachusetts in Boston looking more or less as if they had prepared for the debate in neighboring rooms at the Harvard Club.