1.   They see money spent on political campaigns as money well spent.

2.   People decried the campaign as a waste of money.

3.   Candidates stepping up their campaigns as election day draws near.

4.   American Express started a national advertising campaign as part of a multi-million pound promotion aimed at encouraging existing card members to use their cards in restaurants.

5.   Thames Valley Police welcome the campaign as more effective than chasing motorists through the courts.

6.   SCOTTISH Homes tenants in Tweeddale face a five-week election campaign as two landlords bid for control of their houses.

7.   Respect for Animals, a recently formed pressure group, has chosen a hard-hitting anti-fur campaign as its first move.

8.   An incumbent veep starts the campaign as a figure of fun, gradually gets taken seriously, closes the gap, then wins or comes close.

9.   And Alexander and Sen. Richard G. Lugar of Indiana both cited their advertising campaigns as proof that they were the most qualified to be the next president.

10.   And at times the speech seemed as much an argument for yet another campaign as a celebration of things past.