71.   This presentation of an admittedly late-blooming candidate as a work in progress carries certain risks.

72.   To a lot of Bush fans, and even disheartened Gore supporters who see their candidate as still behind, that may sound unlikely.

73.   This year, even Democrats and Republicans are mulling third-party candidates as alternatives to the two major parties.

74.   Two other freshwater algae are seen as promising candidates as the closest living relatives of the land plants.

75.   Vouchers are favored by many Republican candidates as a way to expand school choice and instill competition in the system.

76.   Wearing buttons and carrying banners, the officials tried to arouse excitement at each stop, urging workers to gather around the candidate as television cameras rolled.

77.   While officials on both sides described the candidates themselves as intransigent, Bush enjoys a political advantage because his backers are as determined as he is.

78.   With barely two weeks to go in the campaign, the Republican nominee also sought to paint the Democratic candidate as a rented tool of sinister, foreign forces.

79.   Yet it may be too simple to condemn the candidates as insincere.