31.   This race seems to have three of the four.

32.   While Jones has an edge in the informal tally, the race seems primed for an upset from Shear.

33.   Aliev ran against five other candidates, but they were widely perceived to be participating only to make the race seem competitive.

34.   But the bike race seems to be part of a new government campaign to prove the south is secure.

35.   The race itself seemed a sideshow to a new government effort to prove southern Egypt is safe for tourists to again visit the spectacular Pharaonic antiquities.

36.   Under these conditions, the presidential race seems as much a chase after dollars as after votes.