1.   But after his impressive string of victories, Duval is the favorite.

2.   Dowd, newly sought after, began to compile an impressive string of victories.

3.   It also adds to an impressive string of labor successes chalked up by Giuliani and his labor negotiator, Randy Levine.

4.   That is a very impressive string of championships.

5.   The Los Angeles Dodgers, in assembling their impressive string of precocious rookies, have learned that they must weather growing pains.

6.   The sun finally broke through the overcast sky in New York City on Thursday, briefly ending an impressive string of dreary weather.

7.   Playing extra holes Saturday in the Colonial seemed to help Stewart Cink, who took over the lead with two impressive strings of birdies.

8.   Fortified by an impressive string of Super Bowls, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Dallas always expect to be in the NFL playoffs.

9.   Last year, his first year in office, Davis burnished that centrist image with an impressive string of achievements.

10.   Rowell admits that despite an impressive string of results, England still have to prove they are capable of contending with the Southern Hemisphere teams.