11.   Coming around the final turn Big Red pulled away handily, and down the stretch he widened the lead with every stride.

12.   Excite At Home, the largest provider of high-speed Internet access, plans to significantly widen its lead next year through overseas expansion and retail sale of its service.

13.   Fox News widened its lead over CNN.

14.   Gore widened his lead slightly over Bush among independents.

15.   George W. Bush is widening his lead over Al Gore in polling among likely voters with a little more than four months to go, a new survey suggests.

16.   GreenPoint, which estimates it has about half of the no-doc mortgage market, wants to widen its lead.

17.   He set the tone and the pace of the race, he withstood several challenges as he turned for home, and he widened his lead down the homestretch.

18.   He simply widened his lead with each furlong and won under the mildest left-handed whipping by Smith.

19.   If anything, American business should widen its lead over the rest of the world.

20.   In addition, the GOP continues to widen its lead in voter registration in the state.