11.   The comments also showed just how hard both candidates are courting the labor vote.

12.   The Roman Catholic Church still has political influence in Italy, and both candidates have been courting Catholic voters.

13.   Both presidential candidates are vigorously courting local leaders like Ramirez this year, as well as Hispanics in general.

14.   Candidates court powerful Russian politician.

15.   The candidates courted voters by blaming their opponents for delayed wages and pensions, plunging production and rising unemployment.

16.   The two candidates have been courting core Democratic voters, including blacks and women, where Gore holds a strong lead over Bradley, according to national polls.

17.   The three top candidates have courted voters by blaming their opponents for delayed wages and pension, plunging industrial production and rising unemployment.

18.   Both candidates have assiduously courted women, and both have portrayed themselves as the defenders of traditional family values.