1.   President Bush has won the New Hampshire Republican primary by a narrower margin than expected after tough competition from the Right-winger, Pat Buchanan.

2.   Also contributing to the narrower margins were cost inefficiencies from changes in contract manufacturers.

3.   Analysts said the narrower gross margin was caused by increased sales of motherboards.

4.   And by a somewhat narrower margin, they agreed that citizens should be allowed to seek administrative and judicial reviews of logging sales under environmental laws.

5.   As a result, they are lending more money at narrower margins for less collateral and with fewer restrictions than just a year ago.

6.   As for earnings last year, DnB said profit fell from narrower margins and competition, although a strong economy and increased market share countered some of the fall.

7.   A narrower margin would mean painful negotiations with coalition partners and pressure from those opposed to independence.

8.   All three KNP BT divisions had narrower operating margins between July and September when compared to the second quarter, however the drop was steepest in packaging.

9.   But it was a narrower margin than predicted by both his supporters and opponents.

10.   First Union and Wachovia also beat Wall Street forecasts, though by narrower margins than Morgan.