1.   After their virtually bloodless victory, I returned to Russia, this time not as a student but as a journalist.

2.   Saddam won a bloodless victory this time because he knows all he has to do is play cat and mouse with the U.N. inspectors.

3.   Putin on Friday congratulated Kostunica on his bloodless victory.

4.   But Putin on Friday congratulated Kostunica on his bloodless victory.