1.   Buchanan foes hope to block a conservative takeover by backing challenger John Hagelin, a physicist who has twice run for president on the Natural Law Party ticket.

2.   Many of the remaining independent voters backed challengers John McCain and Bill Bradley, even though they have dropped out of the race.

3.   Trinidad came back in the eighth round to land a left hook that hurt Whitaker and then followed with a four-punch flurry that backed the challenger up.

4.   Moscow had openly backed his challenger Prime Minister Vyacheslav Kebich, who resigned Monday following the election result.

5.   Powell, a Republican who backed White House challenger Bob Dole this year, would be the first African-American US secretary of state.

6.   Powell, a Republican who backed White House challenger Bob Dole this year, would be the first US secretary of state of African ancestry.

7.   Powell, a Republican who backed White House challenger Bob Dole this year, would be the US first secretary of state of African ancestry.