11.   Afterwards, the race became a dead heat, and so it remains at the moment, with less than two weeks left until Election Day.

12.   All they had in common with him was race, and when they were selected, race became an issue.

13.   But after the San Francisco Chronicle hired a camel and jockey to enter, the once fictitious race became a reality.

14.   But even as race becomes less prevalent in their lives, sisters Nicole and Jamy Gaynor say cultural issues like religion and language can also create tensions.

15.   But in the aftermath of his death Sunday night, it appeared the race could become more contentious than anyone had imagined.

16.   But once again, race has become a central feature of a campaign to determine whether Jesse Helms returns to the U.S. Senate.

17.   But race becomes as much a fault line in their world as in the world their parents hoped to move beyond.

18.   But race quickly became an issue in Albany when defense lawyers tried to remove several black women from the jury.

19.   But the race became utterly confused in late October, when the Republicans endorsed a write-in candidate, State Sen. Robin Taylor.

20.   But the congressional race only became a true race when it turned nasty.