1.   Analysts rate each among the top five at their position.

2.   Analysts rate his performance there good, but unspectacular.

3.   Analysts rate the race a toss-up, but Bunning faced a much less rigorous primary fight and has more money to spend in the general election.

4.   Many analysts rate them as strong contenders.

5.   Morgan Stanley Dean Witter introduced a system last week in which analysts rate stocks against companies in the same industry.

6.   Some analysts do not rate the Dole quest as hopeless.

7.   Analysts rate Sanader and Pasalic as the main contenders.