1.   But someone will be protesting just about everything one can think of, even the choice of UMass-Boston as the debate site.

2.   But they have been less willing to forgo the debate sites, which were chosen from proposals submitted by dozens of institutions around the country.

3.   Later, before doing a walk-through of the debate site, Bush said he first heard of the plane crash while watching the Cardinals-Mets playoff.

4.   Nader, who took the subway to the debate site at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, had received the ticket as a gift from a college student.

5.   Police prepared to close off streets near the campus amid predictions that thousands of protestors would assemble as close as possible to the debate site.

6.   The absence of Nader, in particular, drew the ire of thousands of protesters assembled near the debate site.

7.   Tuesday, both Gore and Bush planned a quiet day in St. Louis, interrupted only by their visits to the debate site at Washington University.

8.   Warming up for the debate Wednesday, Dole made a quick trip to check out the debate site.

9.   What really happened was that Nader showed up at the event on a shuttle bus headed for the debate site at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

10.   Both the Republican Texas governor and the Democratic vice president planned to visit the debate site several hours before the event to check on the setup.