31.   Although the two candidates dueled extensively over the details of their health-care plans, the exchanges were essentially about whether either was being truthful with voters.

32.   Among the other candidates, Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana did not campaign here, instead concentrating his attention on the small state of Vermont.

33.   Among the four candidates, three are Yalies, one a Harvard man.

34.   And he bristled at the suggestion that he had tried to buy the election, saying his own wealth had made him more independent than the other candidates.

35.   And he called on the other candidates to do the same.

36.   And she questioned why some of the other candidates have been quiet about the issues until now.

37.   And the contrasts between the two candidates are sharp indeed.

38.   And once there, they are expressing an intensity of devotion to Buchanan that none of the other candidates can claim.

39.   And to say DeFrantz faces more obstacles than the other four candidates combined to succeed Samaranch would be an almost theatrical understatement.

40.   And with money still pouring in for the two candidates, the campaign is likely to be the most expensive mayoral contest in San Francisco history.