1.   Both sides claimed the mantle of competition.

2.   Brathwaite is hesitant to claim the mantle of Martha Stewart for himself.

3.   Alexander, the former president of the University of Tennessee and Education secretary in the Bush administration, also has tried to claim the mantle of chief education advocate.

4.   Both President Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Georgian, have claimed the mantle of the great New Dealer.

5.   But the issue gathered momentum at family gatherings as other relatives began claiming the mantle of consummate meatloafer.

6.   Lichtman predicted that with both sides seeking to lure McCain supporters, each candidate would try to claim the mantle of the reformer.

7.   Not quite, the article concludes, arguing that the city still lacks the name-brand companies, capital and talent to claim the mantle.

8.   The governor also used the bond act campaign to claim the mantle of Teddy Roosevelt-style progressivism.

9.   Williams claims the mantle, with Sen. John McCain, Gov. Fife Symington and much of the GOP hierarchy in her corner.

10.   With both parties claiming the mantle of family values, a rally this weekend to lament the plight of children in America has become an election-year battleground.