11.   By CINDY PEARLMAN After years in the acting business as a virtual unknown, Delroy Lindo seems poised for stardom.

12.   Checchi has gone from virtual unknown to virtual candidate for governor.

13.   Clinton had a rougher ride during his first presidential campaign when he was a virtual unknown.

14.   Even among American runners, Neas remains in the shadows, a virtual unknown.

15.   For three days, he was the darling of the Masters, a virtual unknown whose name led the leaderboard going into the weekend.

16.   Green hopes the growing crowd is a sign that Harvard Bioscience is losing its status as a virtual unknown among investors.

17.   He fired the previous prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, after less than three months on the job and replaced him with a virtual unknown.

18.   He is still a virtual unknown.

19.   He selected Ms. Zellweger, a virtual unknown who had previously acted in some independent films, as the female lead.

20.   He was, after all, still a virtual unknown when the pro-am schedule was set.