1.   Maritime historians rate his revelations of seafaring conditions highly.

2.   Historians do not rate Ronald Reagan among the great or near great presidents.

3.   If that winner is carrying the DNA of a former chief executive, he also winds up squatting in the Bottom Ten when historians rate the former presidents.

4.   But while historians already rate him among the most influential of vice presidents, Cheney said Friday he does not feel powerful.

5.   Wherever he camps to do his work, historians already rate him among the most influential of vice presidents.