51.   Defence Minister Syed Hamid Albar and chief minister of north Perak state Ramli Talib were among unsuccessful candidates in the vice-presidential ballot.

52.   The plan got a positive review from Texas billionaire Ross Perot, the unsuccessful presidential candidate who has argued for fiscal restraint and reform in Washington.

53.   Unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole thought about making his wife Elizabeth the Republican vice-presidential candidate, Newsweek magazine reported Wednesday.