21.   Buchanan and Alexander generally avoided negative ads in the closing days of the campaign, and benefited from it.

22.   Bush also got something of a boost when attention quickly turned from abortion and to damage done by Clinton staffers in the closing days of the previous administration.

23.   Bush spoke here on the closing day of a conference on global aid to the developing world.

24.   But back in Washington, political analyst Rothenberg notes that undecided voters, in the closing days of a campaign, generally break big for the challenger.

25.   But among those tight races, many became even tighter in the closing days of the campaign, making the election results tough to call.

26.   But in the closing days, he remained in the chamber, chatting with colleagues or pulling up a chair at the press table.

27.   But passage of the initiative, once viewed as a sure bet, is far from certain in the closing days of the campaign.

28.   But that was then, and this is now, and McCain has emerged as a loyal party trooper in the closing days of a tight presidential race.

29.   But the race tightened in the closing days when several polls showed him and Franks even.

30.   But there has not been an actual execution here since the closing days of the Eisenhower administration.