1.  Alvarado is recovering from esophageal cancer, and the main question seems to be whether he will dip into his own pocket to finance negative attacks against his colleague.

2.  And that would make his negative attacks all the more pronounced.

3.  And they have nothing to articulate but the negative attack.

4.  As a result, he warned, Gore would have to rely on negative attacks against the Republican ticket of Gov. George W. Bush of Texas and Dick Cheney.

5.  At the airport rally, McCain criticized Bush for running what he called negative attack ads in South Carolina.

6.  Barbour also accused Democrats of resorting to negative personal attacks.

7.  Bradley offered no such glowing endorsement of Gore, but he also steered clear of negative attacks.

8.  A negative attack could backfire.

9.  A spokesman for the McCain campaign called the advertisement a negative attack.

10.  Both Republicans and Democratic candidates have been wary this year of throwing any sort of political punch that could be construed as a negative attack.