31.   That leaves the Baby Bells as the likely winners and better bets for long-term investors, many analysts say.

32.   The interesting thing right now is that women, for once, are being wooed by the likely winners, while the men are stuck with talking heads.

33.   The likely winners?

34.   The likely winner of an auction for the Nabisco Group is R.J. Reynolds Tobacco.

35.   The likely winner?

36.   The site also includes a scorecard-like list of nominees that can be printed out for Oscar pools, and insider picks for likely winners.

37.   The winner likely will face Espadas.

38.   They tend to concentrate too much on the likely winner.

39.   This also is a three-man race, with Paul Pierce and the likely winner, Vince Carter.

40.   Thunder Gulch, the Kentucky Derby winner, is the likely winner.