81.   Both Albright and Arafat Thursday made public appearances with the widow of Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli prime minister assassinated because of his efforts at achieving peace.

82.   Both Gore and Hillary Clinton for some time has been making some minor announcements that affect key states but this week seemed to mark a greater effort at coordination.

83.   Botswana also will receive praise for its environmental efforts at conserving its wild game, and environmental leaders will hold a round-table discussion with the president.

84.   A key congressional health care expert said Thursday Congress should abandon all efforts at health care reform this year.

85.   A New York City firefighter whose lungs were injured during recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site announced his candidacy for Congress Thursday.

86.   A powerful coalition of agricultural, industrial and financial groups is simply refusing to pay up and has blocked all efforts at tax reform.

87.   A large group of Tejano artists heard about those efforts at a gathering Tuesday night organized by the Texas Talent Musicians Association.

88.   A recent Target effort at matchmaking involves Volkswagen and Trek mountain bikes.

89.   A rise in unemployment in both countries will be hampering their efforts at cutting spending.

90.   A similar House bill contains none of those provisions, although efforts at negotiating a compromise are expected.