1.   A sure winner with the men.

2.   As the lawyers fulminate and election returns remain in limbo, the one sure winner is President-elect Pyrrhus.

3.   At the moment, only Donahue is a sure winner.

4.   A confident Williams scampered toward every driving ground stroke by Davenport and turned sure winners into amazing gets.

5.   A sure winner.

6.   Add that to the fact they are not fussy about growing conditions and demanding about water, and these plants are sure winners.

7.   After a campaign riddled by irregularities, Fujimori had been almost uniformly viewed as a sure winner, as dirty tricks and smear tactics crippled one opponent after another.

8.   But Blanco turned the sure winner into a miracle shot as he swatted the ball between his legs for a crosscourt pass that left Safin lunging at the net.

9.   But his talent is in translating the clothing into wearable form at understandable prices, and he is a sure winner with retail stores.

10.   But Marc Landy, a political scientist at Boston College, said many local politicians could jump on the Gore bandwagon if he looks like a sure winner.