11.   Democrats control both chambers of the Legislature by slim margins, but Republicans have said that any increase in taxes should be put to a public vote.

12.   During this same period, clean air legislation lost by a slim margin in the Texas Legislature.

13.   Former Communist Aleksander Kwasniewski defeats Solidarity hero Lech Walesa by a slim margin in a presidential runoff, according to projections from the state polling agency.

14.   German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his conservative Christian Democrats won re-election by a slim margin last month.

15.   Given the slim margin with which the House bill passed, the aggressive depreciation plan could be toned down in the Senate.

16.   His nomination cleared the Senate by a slim margin.

17.   HP had claimed victory by a slim margin shortly after the polls closed at the Flint Center in Cupertino.

18.   His tart, by a slim margin, scored highest on my personal chart.

19.   If Dini won the vote, it would be by such a slim margin that he may not have enough support to get the budget through.

20.   If they lose there, even by slim margins, their chances of gaining the presidential nomination later this year become not only slimmer, but virtually non-existent.