1.   Any number of people could fill that vacuum, I suppose, including the one known candidate.

2.   But unlike any of the other known candidates, Dent has managerial experience at the major level, though limited.

3.   Christoph Eschenbach and Mariss Jansons, two of the three known candidates to succeed Masur, are scheduled to lead the orchestra.

4.   Every known Republican candidate will be there.

5.   Feeding this frenzy are liberal and White House spinmeisters, eager to knock off the nationally known candidate most likely to oust Bill Clinton in the fall.

6.   Gailey is the fourth known candidate to interview for the job vacated by Barry Switzer last month.

7.   He had beaten three much better known candidates in the primary, two of them members of Congress.

8.   He came out of political nowhere in May to trounce the much better known candidate in the primary, Judge Joe John of the state Court of Appeals.

9.   If the trial is prolonged some political observers say it could further hurt the lesser known candidates who need this time to establish an identity with voters.

10.   In addition, the campaign was overshadowed by the presidential race, which worked in favor of Nelson, the better known candidate.