81.   Gore could be a crucial link in a diplomatic solution if it involves Russia.

82.   Gore had been a virtual grown-up since he was a kid, expected to perform in the company of important adults.

83.   Gore has always been a fascinating high-wire act, profound yearnings balanced by immense self-control.

84.   Gore has always been hawkish on the Balkans, and his rhetoric in recent weeks has been as belligerent as any from the administration.

85.   Gore has been more forward looking on environmental issues and has shown a more nuanced appreciation of the role U.S. troops could play in halting regional conflicts.

86.   Gore has been more supportive of environmental legislation supported by liberals than Clinton.

87.   Gore has been vice president for more than six years, but many of us are only just beginning to get a fix on him.

88.   Gore is a devoted fan of the Sidwell Friends Quakers, the private Washington high school team on which his only son, Albert III, is the co-captain.

89.   Gore is a straight arrow, a painfully decent man.

90.   Gore is about to embark on the final leg of a political journey for which his father set the course decades ago.