11.   Bush declared victory four minutes before the Delaware polls closed.

12.   But earlier in the evening, before the polls had closed all over Russia, a ripple of anxiety went through the Yeltsin camp.

13.   But mostly, as the polls closed from East to West Tuesday night, there was predominantly bad news for the Democrats.

14.   But picking winners proved much more difficult than simply waiting for the polls to close.

15.   By the time the polls close on Tuesday, the major parties are likely to have spent everything they have in the bank now, and then some.

16.   By the time polls close Tuesday, the former New York Knicks basketball star will have spent five of the previous six days in the state.

17.   Canadian broadcasters reported election results only where polls had closed.

18.   Despite all the ins who will be out after the polls close, most folks still prefer our way of government.

19.   Dole claimed his victory as soon as the polls closed, and spoke to New York supporters via satellite.

20.   Even after the polls closed and the taverns opened, the long, drawn-out process of vote-counting was where machine politics proved itself.