31.   By buying their seats, New Yorkers were given a glimpse of the campaigns the candidates have been taking to other, more contested parts of the country.

32.   Candidates are taking the unusual step of running television ads and are printing up leaflets and yard signs by the thousands.

33.   Candidates could not take money from other sources.

34.   Candidates took the unusual step of running television commercials.

35.   Congressional candidates have also taken up the message.

36.   Democrats said the Dole statement illustrated how both presidential candidates were taking advantage of a loophole in the campaign finance law.

37.   Each candidate has eagerly taken responsibility for the shift, trying to turn it to his advantage.

38.   Each candidate was taking sharper aim at his rival.

39.   Even in elections in which foreign policy and war have dominated, the winning candidate has taken a nuanced position, open to interpretation, Baker said.

40.   Executives at IBM, which made news this winter by dismantling its notoriously stiff dress code, said job candidates should not take the headlines as a fashion tip.