11.   Parliament was required to choose between the two leading candidates after no single candidate had won an absolute majority of the popular vote in the presidential elections in September.

12.   Only the leading two candidates are entitled to go through to the second round.

13.   Already acknowledged as a leading candidate for secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Glickman has surfaced as a potential replacement for CIA Director James Woolsey.

14.   Although he has long been the leading candidate to succeed Bieber, Yokich, a trim man with a toothy grin, has not spelled out his plans.

15.   Although the leading candidates appear virtually tied, they draw their support from radically contrasting constituencies.

16.   Among those mentioned as leading candidates are Donald H. Rumsfeld, a former secretary of defense, and R. James Woolsey, a former director of central intelligence.

17.   And C. Michael Armstrong, the chairman and chief executive of Hughes Electronics Corp., has emerged as the leading candidate for the job, these people said.

18.   Analysts and industry executives have said that America West, US Airways and Continental are leading candidates for bankruptcy, without government assistance.

19.   Analysts consider HSBC Holdings Plc the leading candidate to acquire an interest in Serfin.

20.   And he is a leading candidate to start the All-Star Game in Pittsburgh Tuesday, a possibility the National League All-Stars must just love.