1.   Will interim athletic director Paul Bubb be deemed the most-qualified candidate after a nationwide search is conducted?

2.   I spoke privately to the candidate after the oral.

3.   Barak, however, became the Labor Party candidate after a show of hands at a party meeting that Peres did not attend.

4.   Bradley, a darling of the white establishment and business community, twice failed as a gubernatorial candidate after white voters reneged.

5.   But it became a hot IPO candidate after signing several similar deals with other high-profile Internet players.

6.   By then, he was an unsuccessful presidential candidate after having run a woefully poor race earlier that year.

7.   Candidate after candidate has issued quite detailed position papers on a host of issues, far more and far earlier than the last few campaigns.

8.   First, the Federal Elections PAC, accusing it of illegally raising and spending money for federal candidates after failing to register as a federal PAC.

9.   Gore is still viewed as the leading candidate after years of lining up the White House infrastructure behind his campaign, from the president on down.

10.   Gingrich was selected by the Republican majority as its candidate shortly after the November general election.