51.   Scotland the other main contender in the group finished third.

52.   Scotland, the other main contender in the group, finished third.

53.   Some polls put Le Pen in third position behind the main contenders, Chirac and Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin.

54.   That left the now-deposed Guei and Gbagbo as the main contenders in the race.

55.   The BJP and Congress are the main contenders, even though Congress has been wracked by corruption scandals and was a big loser in two recent provincial votes.

56.   The four main contenders are shipping tycoon Tung Chee-hwa, retired judges Yang Ti liang and Simon Li, and businessman Peter Woo.

57.   The French Open starts Monday with three main contenders but no overwhelming favorite.

58.   The main contenders include Australian film Babe and the Scottish cult film Trainspotting.

59.   The other main contenders are likely to be reformer Grigory Yavlinsky, retired Gen. Alexander Lebed, ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov.

60.   The other main contenders are Toronto and Paris, with Osaka, Japan, and Istanbul, Turkey, considered out of the running.