31.   Hilary Lindh, favored to win the event, placed third.

32.   His candidacy heightens the prospect of early parliamentary elections, much to the liking of the Social Democratic opposition, now favored to win the ballot.

33.   Incumbent favored to win presidential runoff.

34.   Isabelle Autissier of France was favored to win but dropped out in February when her boat suddenly capsized as she sailed near the bottom of the world.

35.   Jacques Chirac, the conservative leader favored to win, already has shed his lean and hungry look of years past.

36.   Katerina Neumannova of the Czech Republic, favored to win the event, was eliminated in the second round of competition.

37.   Katerina Neumannova of the Czech Republic, favored to win the event, was eliminated in the second round.

38.   Last month, Forsberg came to the Winter Olympics favored to win two gold medals.

39.   Many of the teams favored to win the title have exited early, their stars drained by a long, exhausting season with club teams.

40.   Most polls have shown Netanyahu and his right-wing likud party favored to win the elections.