1.   A surprisingly weak showing resulted in the party barely retaining control over the powerful lower house.

2.   Department stores said their weak showings were the result of poor back-to-school sales.

3.   Forbes, with his campaign coming off a weak showing in New Hampshire, is badly in need of new momentum.

4.   Hodgdon attributed the weak showing in northwestern Missouri to the influence of the Kansas City media, which editorialized against concealed guns.

5.   It blamed the weak showing on slow sales of older-generation chips and disappointing European sales.

6.   It has been going through tremendous upheaval since its weak showing in the general elections in October.

7.   Investors blamed the weak showing on concern slowing growth in Asia will hamper performance.

8.   Investors blamed the weak showing on unease that slowing growth in Asia would hamper performance.

9.   No throw-the-rascals-out trend was evident in House races, despite weak showings by several incumbents.

10.   Perhaps the worst news of the evening for Bradley was his weak showing in New York, where he spent five of the past six days campaigning.