1.   Gore may also speak by phone with President Boris Yeltsin, who is on a fishing vacation in northwest Russia.

2.   Gore spoke extensively with the executives Tuesday morning.

3.   Gore spoke first with black ministers, including the Benjamin Hooks, former executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

4.   Gore spoke quickly and at times passionately.

5.   Gore spoke via satellite to a conference about the family taking place at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

6.   Gore will speak at a house being built by an area construction company that designs and builds more energy-efficient homes.

7.   Gore also spoke from personal experience, talking about his mother-in-law, who lives with his family.

8.   Gore also spoke of some additional anti-crime notions Wednesday.

9.   Gore has spoken about the Florida electoral morass twice in recent days, offering to meet with Bush and asking both sides to tone down the partisan bombast.

10.   Gore spoke about paying teachers more.