81.   When Glen Rice was traded, the Lakers had no obvious candidate to stretch the defense and make opponents think twice about doubling his teammates.

82.   When the top job opened up four years later, Lasser and a counterpart who ran the institutional business, John Sommers, were obvious candidates.

83.   While a parent is the most obvious candidate to be a charismatic adult, not all parents are suited to the role.

84.   With Mickelson looking more and more like the next Norman, dragging his spikes, Woods remains the obvious candidate despite his disappointments of late.

85.   Yet there are those who believe it will happen soon, and the obvious candidates are McGwire and Griffey.

86.   But several experts, including a number of former All Blacks, believe Smith will retain his job because there are no obvious candidates to succeed him.

87.   But the man emerging as pope from a conclave is often a surprise, with obvious candidates passed over to meet the particular wishes of the voting cardinals.

88.   He faces re-election for a second term as mayor next November against a divided Nationalist Party that has no obvious candidates.

89.   It was not immediately clear who would succeed him in either post, although one obvious candidate head the party is Schroeder.

90.   Technology stocks, which are showing spectacular gains for the year, were an obvious candidate.