1.   The race may have to be called off if the bad weather continues.

2.   The race has a double purpose for the cycling duo.

3.   The support races had three individual winners.

4.   American Steve Redgrave might be the best hope for a medal, but virtually every race has at least five or six top contenders.

5.   And like Wednesday, the race has three bonus sprints that Hincapie can hope to capitalize on to move up in the overall standings.

6.   And to a large extent, our race has so much prestige that the Kenyans who have been winning lately become honorary Bostonians.

7.   As long as Giuliani was the presumptive Republican nominee, the race had both minor parties in turmoil.

8.   As long as Giuliani was the presumptive Republican nominee, the race had both the Liberal and Conservative parties in turmoil.

9.   Before then, however, the race had had an unexpected and terrible outcome.

10.   Both sides in the debate agreed that each race had its own dynamics and that generalizations had to be made carefully.