81.   The only party light that had thrown his hat into the Tory leadership race by late Friday as former europhile chancellor of the exchequer Kenneth Clarke.

82.   Thursday he coyly acknowledged this at his first formal press conference in five months when asked when he will throw his hat in the race.

83.   Tsutomu Hata, another former prime minister, threw his hat in the ring for the election on Friday.

84.   Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni has thrown his hat into the ring for the Manchester United vacancy when Sir Alex Ferguson retires at the end of the season.

85.   Lebed has already thrown his hat into the ring as a possible candidate to suceed the ailing Yeltsin.

86.   Other major candidates who have thrown their hat into the ring are extreme-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, nationalist retired general Alexander Lebed and liberal leader Grigory Yavlinsky.

87.   Ozawa has also thrown his hat into the ring.

88.   Senator Phil Gramm of Texas and former Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander have officially thrown their hats into the Republican ring.

89.   Socialist Party leaders have repeatedly urged Delors to throw his hat in the ring.