1.   The other main contender is the stylesheet approach as used by Ventura.

2.   The main contenders for CD multimedia so far are based on an initial strategy of offering adding value to a base of actual or potential CD-A users.

3.   Alcatel Alsthom SA and Matra have emerged as the two main contenders to buy Thomson.

4.   But would all those millions of additional votes change the outcome for the main contenders?

5.   But would all those millions of additional votes change the outcome for the main contenders, George W. Bush and Al Gore?

6.   From the half dozen forces contesting for power three years ago, there are now only two main contenders, the Taliban and the forces of Massoud.

7.   In the next contest, dance and philosophy seem to be the main contenders, as the foundation favors playing fairy godfather to relatively poorly rewarded disciplines.

8.   Madelin is one of two main contenders for the top job at UDF.

9.   Merrill was matched in his spending by the other main contender, GOP general counsel David Norcross of New Jersey.

10.   Sanchez shot down the idea, explaining later that he knew that the main presidential contenders would decline, leaving only fringe candidates to make their case.