1.   It cost almost as much to elect an honest candidate as to elect a dishonest one, he observed.

2.   Newly powerful pollsters and image makers vie to present their candidate as trustworthy and the opposition as a threat.

3.   Several retailers are expected to be takeover candidates as a slowing economy reduces sales and profits, analysts said.

4.   The obvious candidate as vehicle would have been gesture.

5.   To elect as many legislative candidates as possible this fall who are sympathetic to both sides.

6.   Mongolia seemed an unlikely candidate as the pacesetter for political change in Asia.

7.   They state that a political decision would also be needed to add regions -- listing the candidates as Hainaut in Belgium, Highlands and Islands, and Merseyside.

8.   And, DiMartino said, Stenberg is just not as engaging a candidate as Hagel and is sometimes seen as strident.

9.   And they viewed the presence of both candidates as crippling the chances of either to win.

10.   Another measure of voter movement on the candidates can be seen in their attitudes toward the candidates as people.