1.   The President is trailing in the polls as the election approaches.

2.   Although many in Congress have denounced the nuclear explosions, they are also sensitive to their important farm constituents as the November elections approach.

3.   Arizona businesses that thrive on exports to Mexico are casting a wary eye south of the border as the Mexican presidential election approaches.

4.   As consular elections approach, Claudius, who enjoys the support of the common folk, has been murdered on the Appian Way.

5.   A look at Poland as the election approaches, through the eyes of Hubert Tworzecki, an Emory University professor regarded as an expert on his country.

6.   According to a tribunal official, Goldstone suggested to Perry that failing to arrest Karadzic could cause more violence as elections approach in Bosnia.

7.   But it was vetoed by Gov. Pete Wilson, whose impulse to pander seems to grow as presidential election time approaches.

8.   But the biggest American miscalculation may be the idea that the resulting exercise in brinkmanship will be popular with voters as the midterm elections approach.

9.   But there are signs, as the fall elections approach, that the administration is gearing up to directly respond to mounting public concerns.

10.   But the Senate has passed a measure reauthorizing it permanently, and the House may be forced to go along with that decision as the election year approaches.