41.   After losing two elections to Bill Clinton, Republicans are understandably desperate for a candidate who can win.

42.   Brazilian stocks fell amid concern that the ruling party could lose municipal elections, casting doubt on the staying power of its stabilization plan.

43.   Bush lost the election to Democrat Bill Clinton, and Buchanan went back to his television career.

44.   Buss of Chicago said whoever loses the election will be finished as a future presidential candidate.

45.   But a spokesman for the company said last month that if MFS lost the election, it would probably step aside when the temporary contract expires.

46.   But at bottom, it is Dole who will win or lose this election.

47.   But Bellotti lost the election to the Republican candidate, John Volpe, who had narrowly lost to Peabody two years earlier.

48.   But by taking Delaware, he avoided the humiliation of losing an election in which he was running mostly against invisible opponents and gained a measure of needed credibility.

49.   But Dole hardly lost the election because of excessive pandering.

50.   But Gore lost the election, partly because even he could not satisfy some environmentalists, who backed Green Party nominee Ralph Nader.