1.   After his third successive election defeat he Decided to retire from politics.

2.   It directly contributed to our election defeat.

3.   The likely shape of the leadership contest emerged yesterday as Labour began an inquest on its election defeat.

4.   The party is still reeling from its recent election defeat.

5.   There are important lessons to be learned from this election defeat.

6.   If he had been free to enter the leadership stakes immediately after our October election defeat, he would almost certainly have been elected.

7.   Also Thursday, Ariel Sharon was named temporary leader of the Likud Party, replacing Netanyahu who stepped down hours after his crushing election defeat against Barak.

8.   And DeBartolo is a very emotional man who probably will take an election defeat personally.

9.   According to Finance Minister Jorge Camet, Vargas Llosa is still bitter about his election defeat.

10.   After the election defeat, Bush plunged into the oil business and activated Arbusto, pronounced Ar-BOOS-to.