81.   Even so, Democrats ended the first week of debate with rising confidence that they can pass the legislation.

82.   Few Americans come to the current debate with memories as vivid and painful as those of Johnson and other former prisoners of war.

83.   Florida has a lot at stake in both debates with its increasing numbers of poor and elderly.

84.   Fernandez and his top aides said he took the time off to concentrate on preparations for a debate with Zedillo on economic policy.

85.   Finally, the vice president linked the tax cut debate with the notion that Bush is winning over voters because he is the more likable candidate.

86.   Ford might have won had he not pardoned Richard Nixon and had not made a costly faux pas in a televised debate with Carter on foreign policy.

87.   Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell will play Bob Dole in mock debates with the president.

88.   Gore returned to New Hampshire this week to campaign before his Wednesday night television debate with Bradley in Manchester.

89.   Gore, who was astonishingly aggressive himself in his primary debates with Bill Bradley earlier this year, will have to watch for his own form of gaffes.

90.   Gore, on the other hand, has been eager for direct debates with Bush.