1.   All this talk about the Comeback Kid and his improving poll numbers is talk and nothing more.

2.   Among its criticisms were that Brown was complacent about the race because of her fund-raising ability and high public-opinion poll numbers.

3.   And analysts, wary of poll numbers in such a tight race, caution against predictions.

4.   And his poll numbers in California have been devastating, undercutting his former argument that he would be the toughest opponent for President Clinton in the state.

5.   And his poll numbers now are flood-level.

6.   And if the poll numbers remain close, Bush could buy back into the expensive Chicago market, he said.

7.   And, stopping at a reception here Friday evening in a final burst of campaigning, Ms. Harman rejected the worrisome poll numbers for her.

8.   As minor candidates have seen their poll numbers slip, they have dropped from the race hoping to help one of the front-runners.

9.   Based on the poll numbers, Duffy said some voters apparently see Carnahan as an inexperienced freshman lawmaker in a time of national turmoil.

10.   Bill Clinton becomes only the second president in U.S. history to be impeached by the House and tried in the Senate, and his poll numbers go higher.