31.   In late March, Smarth survived by a comfortable margin a no-confidence vote brought by Aristide supporters.

32.   In the end, Stenholm carried the region by a comfortable margin to defeat Rudy Izzard -- an outcome Duffy attributes in part to the cable TV spots.

33.   Last year, Boeing won the order battle by a comfortable margin.

34.   Most foreign automakers met the regulatory standards by comfortable margins.

35.   Neither network had any hope of overtaking NBC, which will win the February sweep by a comfortable margin in every ratings category.

36.   Netanyahu Monday handily defeated a parliamentary no-confidence motion against him, which would have required new elections if passed, by a comfortable margin.

37.   Officials now acknowledge that the two initiatives, which the voters approved in November by comfortable margins, took the Clinton administration largely by surprise.

38.   Polls show Chavez leading his main opponent and former comrade in arms, Francisco Arias Cardenas, by a comfortable margin.

39.   Republicans said they were confident that the Senate would approve the welfare bill by a comfortable margin because members had concluded that the welfare system needed radical change.

40.   She then beat the incumbent, Jolene Unsoeld, a liberal Democrat, by a comfortable margin.