41.   If Gilbert is right, that leaves Agassi, Sampras, Michael Chang, two-time champion Jim Courier and, possibly, Todd Martin as the main contenders.

42.   If Gilbert is right, that leaves Agassi, Sampras, Chang, Courier and, possibly, Todd Martin as the main contenders.

43.   It is unlikely that the main contenders, Yeltsin and Communist Gennady Zyuganov, will ever meet in a TV debate.

44.   Labor leader Kim Beazley on Saturday night said he would step down, opening the way for deputy leader and finance spokesman Simon Crean as the main contender.

45.   Longtime rivals Lissouba and Sassou-Nguesso are the main contenders in the presidential vote.

46.   Moscow is the main contender with Oslo.

47.   Neither of the main contenders -- the Congress party of Nepal or the Communists -- is likely to get a majority.

48.   Neither of the main contenders -- the governing Congress Party of Nepal or a group of leftist parties -- is likely to get a majority.

49.   Rogge, Kim and Pound are considered the main contenders, while DeFrantz and Schmitt are outsiders.

50.   Rogge, Kim and Pound are considered the main contenders.