41.  Advancing issues on the New York Stock Exchange held a narrow lead over decliners.

42.  After City West drifted off the rail, Timboroa snuck through along the rail turning for home and held a narrow lead approaching the eighth pole.

43.  American yachtsman Steve Pettengill captured a narrow lead Thursday in the second leg of the BOC Challenge around-the-world yacht race.

44.  An opposition party took a narrow lead Wednesday in a legislative election in Manipur state.

45.  As Al Gore ate into the extremely narrow Bush lead in other recounts, lawyers filed suits with court clerks in Hillsborough, Okaloosa, Pasco and Polk counties.

46.  As Al Gore ate into the extremely narrow Bush lead in other recounts, lawyers filed suits with court clerks in Hillsboro, Okaloosa, Pasco and Polk counties.

47.  Bush holds a narrow lead over his Democratic rival after an unofficial recount, with an unknown number of overseas ballots yet to be tallied.

48.  Bush appeared to hold a narrow lead.

49.  Chretien and his fellow federalists have been grappling to regain momentum after polls showed the separatists had moved into a narrow lead.

50.  Declining issues took a narrow lead over the number of advancers on the New York Stock Exchange, while gainers held a slender advantage in Nasdaq trading.