But Cone knew the question on everyone's mind during a busy day of appearances yesterday.

Bowman said Phelps would be making three days of appearances in New York, then begin training once a day.

He has a healthy schedule of concerts that includes a European tour this fall and a day of appearances in New Jersey.

It was an experience Mr. Bell clearly did not relish during his two days of appearances in Federal District Court.

Between two days of appearances in Monterey and Fresno, he lived along the seaside links of Pebble Beach.

To that end, he said he had just returned from a day of appearances in Gary, South Bend and Evansville with Republican candidates.

Their two days of appearances at four campaign events this week were expected to bring in another $700,000, according to Cory Tilly, Jeb Bush's campaign spokesman.

Mr. McAuliffe appeared staggered by the outcome as he went through a day of appearances, trying to explain why his predictions of victory had been so wrong.

Preparing 'All His Life' Euterpe Dukakis, a woman of proud carriage and impeccable diction, was striding through a day of appearances and interviews.

Mr. Greenspan, rounding out four arduous days of appearances before Congress over a two-week span, offered both plans as ways to reduce the budget deficits and to encourage people to save more.

The remarks came at the first of two days of appearances by candidates, both formally declared and still in the "exploratory" stage, at the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee.

On the first of three days of appearances up and down California - the king of electoral votes with 54 - Mr. Bush acted as if he were already running a general-election race.

That is why Mr. Clinton will be here Monday in a day of appearances that will match or surpass the time Mr. Dole invested in New York City for the primary.

The awkward day of appearances, to be followed by one more fund-raiser with Mr. Simon and Mr. Bush on Saturday morning, was evidence of what is shaping up as a major political disappointment for the White House.

When Ruth W. Messinger wanted a Democrat of stature to campaign with her the other day, she reached out halfway across the country, enlisting Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota to fly in for a day of appearances at her side.

Mr. Gorbachev came to Israel mainly to collect the prize and honorary doctorates from two other universities, awards that reportedly will earn him $55,000 for five days of appearances, or roughly what Israel pays to feed and shelter eight Russian families during their first year in this country.

Defense lawyers did not get a chance to question Colonel Stutzrem, who testified at the end of a long day of appearances by several Canadian survivors of the bombing, and by a Pentagon officer who put together a simulation showing the pilots' paths, altitudes and airspeeds during the incident.

McCain did join Bush for a few days of appearances in late October, emphasizing, in the wake of the October 12 USS Cole bombing, his belief that Bush was a better choice than Democratic Party nominee Al Gore to deal with international security threats.

Shortly thereafter, Andy made posthumous appearances in the strip, first declaring "Brian Wilson is God" in a note found in his hand (having been listening to Pet Sounds on CD as he died), and then making several more days of appearances in a self-made video shown during his memorial service.