For months, Dr. Dean and his advisers have argued that they were the only ones running a national campaign.

There was a third way, Mr. Clinton and his advisers argued.

These "consumers" of education must force changes that insiders like teachers and bureaucrats have stymied, the President's advisers argue.

Without changes in the way schools work, his advisers argue, more money will accomplish little.

The Gore proposal on health care is, his advisers argue, a far more focused approach.

The adviser argued that the school as a whole did not seem to be discussing, or have any explicit policy on multicultural education.

Such tests, his advisers argued, would show students why they need to study, enforce higher educational standards and help parents evaluate schools.

"The army is the only institution the United States can control," the adviser argued.

"People are willing to give Bush more credit for the success of the Reagan years," the adviser argued.

Curry's advisers argued that the latter deal would have been well below his market value.