41.   Since then, Peres had held only a slight lead in the polls and his supporters braced themselves for another terror attack that could cost them the race.

42.   State Representative Mike Ward, also a Democrat, has maintained only a slight lead in a three-way race.

43.   Tancredo holds a slight lead in the polls going into the final week of the campaign.

44.   Tancredo holds a slight lead in the polls.

45.   Surveys show McCain with a slight lead on Bush.

46.   That included Richie Cunningham, who had a slight lead over Boniol after the first two weeks of camp.

47.   The disclosure of the Maine arrest came just five days before election day, with Bush holding a slight lead in the polls.

48.   The Gore campaign says its candidate has a slight lead in the state, which has supported Republican presidential candidates in four of the last five presidential elections.

49.   The match had been stopped again by rain Saturday evening with Ivanisevic on a slight lead early in the fifth set after almost an hour of competition.

50.   The most recent Florida poll, released last week, showed Gore with a slight lead overall.