11.   And it is a safe bet now that the winner of the Republican presidential nomination will run on a platform that promises a tax cut.

12.   And multimillionaire Steve Forbes is bankrolling much of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

13.   And Clinton also appeared to have bested Dole, the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination, in the first snapshots of public opinion.

14.   And in order to pull up to speed in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, the California governor has a lot of talking to do.

15.   And Gen. Colin Powell refuses again to run for the GOP presidential nomination.

16.   And it would make Minority Leader Richard Gephardt House speaker, which could well mean that he would not challenge Gore for the Democratic presidential nomination.

17.   And so now Gore, a careful student of politics and an erudite connoisseur of the political moment, knows the Democratic presidential nomination requires a difficult bargain.

18.   And Pat Buchanan, who is still formally a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, praised the selection.

19.   And there is much speculation now whether she would consider the vice presidential nomination or at least a position in a Republican Cabinet.

20.   And when Steve Forbes ran for the Republican presidential nomination on a pledge to simplify taxes by cutting them, Dole growled that the plan recklessly invited fiscal ruin.