11.   But neither he nor Vice President Al Gore, the two likely major party nominees, completed the survey for presidential candidates this year.

12.   But the candidates this year have reverted to form.

13.   But to an unusual extent, both presidential candidates this year are running their campaigns independent of the congressional elections.

14.   By that measure, all the candidates this year have at times strayed.

15.   Califf, a likely MLS rookie of the year candidate, will be sorely missed during the first-round of the MLS playoffs.

16.   But, he said, the parties had still shown their power to help or spoil the chances of such candidates this year.

17.   Byron Scott, a sixth-man of the year candidate, has invaluable playoff experience.

18.   Chances are, Helms will spend more than any other senatorial candidate this year, a distinction he has held in the past.

19.   Connecticut secretary of state Miles Rapoport joins other national politicians in a bipartisan push for the major networks to offer free TV time to presidential candidates this year.

20.   Democratic Party leaders had hoped to recruit a qualified, aggressive candidate this year to challenge Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.