1.   As he widens his lead over Bradley, he does appear to be looser and more confident.

2.   A poll carried out over the weekend by The Boston Herald showed Kennedy widening his lead, largely because of defections from Romney by independents.

3.   A report Thursday by the International Data Corporation, a research company in Framingham, Mass., showed that Dell had widened its lead in personal computers.

4.   After overcoming a slow start, with bogeys at the first two holes, Els had been steamrolling along, widening his lead, playing with purpose and resolve.

5.   Bucaram has used aggressive campaigning and theatrical oratory to widen his lead.

6.   But the bigger story is how America has widened its lead over its main industrial rivals.

7.   But polls have shown that since the New Hampshire primary, Gore has widened his lead over Bradley nationally and in such key states as New York and California.

8.   But with the victory Wednesday night, the Orioles widened their lead over the White Sox in the wild-card race to a game and a half.

9.   By the third round, he had widened his lead to eight strokes.

10.   Carnahan has widened his lead over Kelly.