41.   Beatty described both contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination, Vice President Al Gore and former Sen. Bill Bradley, as worthy men of high character.

42.   Before the religion writers showed up at his headquarters, Dobson had some more famous visitors, mainly politicians seeking the Republican presidential nomination.

43.   Beaten, bruised and embarrassed, Sen. Bob Dole nonetheless remains the front-runner in the race to win the Republican presidential nomination.

44.   Bob Dole swept the primaries on Super Tuesday, moving closer yet to the Republican presidential nomination.

45.   Bob Dole appears this week at the national convention that will finally give him his dream, the presidential nomination of his party.

46.   Bob Dole, the Senate majority leader and a contender for the Republican presidential nomination, welcomed the air strike but called it insufficient.

47.   Bob Dole, who has been wandering the political desert since locking up the Republican presidential nomination, may have found an oasis.

48.   Boring dummies do not quickly and overwhelmingly win the presidential nominations of their parties.

49.   Both candidates drew heavily from the same voter groups that have supported them in earlier contests for the Republican presidential nomination.

50.   Both Dole and Gramm have been actively wooing conservatives in their campaigns for the presidential nomination.