1.   And his wife, who the night before made similar comments in her debut convention speech, sounded indignant at the suggestion she had made a personal attack.

2.   And he said that Gore had demonstrated boldness by selecting Sen. Joe Lieberman as his running mate and by using his convention speech to lay out a forward-looking agenda.

3.   As of Monday afternoon, Bush had practiced his convention speech four times, twice using a teleprompter.

4.   At his convention speech Tuesday night, he opened by giving a rambling tribute to the Olympic sport of beach volleyball.

5.   Buchanan is promising a convention speech to remember in San Diego.

6.   Bush defended the aggressive tone of his convention speech, saying it was not too harsh against Gore or President Clinton.

7.   Bradley, by contrast, had refrained from making his harshest attacks on Gore in his convention speech.

8.   Bush said he enjoyed delivering his convention speech and was not nervous.

9.   Bush will see the first full draft of a proposed convention speech that Gerson has spent much of the last month preparing.

10.   But his convention speech also appealed to working women, including the so-called waitress moms, by calling for the expansion of family leave.