51.  Jim Nicholson, the Republican national chairman, said he expected the party to adopt the plan.

52.  Joe Andrew, the national chairman of the Democratic Party, said his world had transformed last week.

53.  Joe Andrew, national chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said he was watching eagerly as Bush and McCain yanked each other to the right in South Carolina.

54.  Jim Nicholson, the national GOP chairman, tried unsuccessfully to dissuade Tim Lambert, the GOP national committeeman from Texas who wrote the draconian measure.

55.  Joe Andrew, the national chairman of the Democratic National Committee, echoing some Gore advisers, insisted that he was not at all unsettled by Nader.

56.  Last year, he ran unsuccessfully for national Republican Party chairman.

57.  Ms. Hope called back later in the day to yield to the national chairman.

58.  National GOP chairman Haley Barbour will also speak.

59.  Nearby is a picture of Bush playing another guitar with the late Lee Atwater, who was GOP national chairman.

60.  Mr. Levine served three terms as national chairman of the AVC.