1.   Barking, east London, is a leading candidate for a scheme.

2.   Terry Lierman, a wealthy businessman and lobbyist, had been considered the leading candidate among Democrats to challenge Morella next year.

3.   The leading candidate is Hiromu Nonaka, an elderly power broker feared for his political cunning but with little public appeal.

4.   The most entertaining moments of the debate took place during acerbic cross fires among the leading candidates.

5.   They included Gyula Horn, the outgoing Foreign Minister, of the Hungarian Socialist Party, and Pter Tlgyessy, a constitutional lawyer and leading SzDSz candidate in Budapest.

6.   It was conducted mainly via television and radio to ensure the security of the leading candidates.

7.   Both the leading candidates advocated free market policies and foreign investment to revive the stagnant economy.

8.   This meant that whichever of the leading candidates was eventually declared president, he or she would have to face a legislature dominated by a rival party.