1.   Her energy and raspy voice soon became familiar to television stations and newspapers, and she relentlessly sought out everyone from small-business men to banana tycoons.

2.   A Harvard-educated mayor with a reputation for honesty and a populist banana tycoon both claimed victory in presidential runoff in politically unstable Ecuador.

3.   Business leaders were relieved when Mahuad narrowly beat populist banana tycoon Alvaro Noboa in a runoff vote.

4.   Deprived of an undisputed victor in presidential elections, Ecuadoreans waited anxiously Monday for official results of a contest pitting a U.S.-educated politician against a banana tycoon.

5.   His rival, a banana tycoon, also claims to have won.

6.   Vote pits mayor against banana tycoon.

7.   Voters will choose between front-runners, banana tycoon Alvaro Noboa and Quito Mayor Jamil Mahuad.