11.   Articles in this series will examine the lives of the presidential candidates as the campaign progresses.

12.   As a solution, President Clinton has proposed free television for political candidates as a condition for broadcasters getting lucrative new digital broadcast licenses from the federal government.

13.   At this moment, the American flag, flying behind the candidates as they speak, is less a symbol of freedom than a tourniquet.

14.   About two-thirds of Americans told pollsters that they would accept either candidate as president.

15.   All the clever, snide little jokes and insinuations, painting one candidate as stupid and the other a liar, have strained the limits of our gullibility.

16.   Broadcasters also will fight McCain-led efforts to require more free time from TV stations for political candidates as part of a larger effort to overhaul campaign financing.

17.   But Daghlian added that this Senate race was as good a candidate as any for such a turnabout.

18.   But while it may have led such candidates as Schiff and Georgia Democrat Roger Kahn to run, impeachment has faded away as an issue.

19.   Disclosure of expenditures lessens the risk that individuals will spend money to support a candidate as a quid pro quo for special treatment after the candidate is in office.

20.   Despite the concern over aquaculture, some experts believe that climatic change may be a better candidate as the primary driver of the decline in wild salmon.