1.   And if the convention is nothing else, since the selection of Vice President Al Gore as the party nominee is decided, it is about parties.

2.   Both party nominees got a political boost from their lieutenant governor running mates.

3.   But potentially strong Republicans like Elizabeth Dole, Dan Quayle and Lamar Alexander have already dropped out, leaving only Bush and McCain as plausible party nominees.

4.   But the regulations apply only to the official party nominees, not individual politicians seeking the nomination.

5.   Explaining why he was campaigning in Arizona, Gore said he believes the eventual party nominees will fight for the state in the general election.

6.   Fewer than a dozen states still use caucuses as a method of choosing party nominees.

7.   He pointed out that under state election law, party nominees can be replaced only if they die, receive federal judgeships or move out of state.

8.   He was not a party nominee, just a candidate.

9.   Her eyes glint and her layered blond hairdo swishes crisply in emphasis, just as in the old days when she beamed before the party nominees.

10.   Korean dollar-denominated bonds fell after veteran opposition leader Kim Dae Jung won the South Korean presidential election, defeating ruling party nominee Lee Hoi Chang.