31.   In the Ohio race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. John Glenn, Republican Gov. George Voinovich has maintained a lead in most polls over Democrat Mary Boyle.

32.   In the weeks after the election, Krueger had maintained a lead in the morning-to-night vote counting.

33.   Keeping unions out has helped foreign automakers maintain significant leads in manufacturing efficiency.

34.   Mason helped maintain the lead and added some luster to his night by snatching another rebound after John Starks missed a jumper.

35.   More important for the Yankees, their slick play has enabled them to maintain a lead in the battle for the wild-card berth.

36.   Nevertheless, Bush maintains a lead in most national polls.

37.   Nationally, Bush continued to maintain his lead, according to five tracking polls released Friday.

38.   Not only did the Bruins maintain their lead with the reserve corps, they added to it.

39.   Now CSUN has to worry about maintaining its lead in the Big Sky.

40.   Now the lads in Cupertino must make good, by maintaining their lead in creativity.