21.  A witty former communist leader took a commanding lead in voting on Monday to replace the late president of Croatia, Franjo Tudjman.

22.  After all, Netscape once had a commanding lead in Web browsers, and Novell owned the network operating system market, and look what happened to them.

23.  Buchanan supporters released a poll of top GOP officials in Texas on Tuesday that showed their candidate with a commanding lead among those with a firm opinion.

24.  Bush holds a commanding lead in most Iowa polls.

25.  Bush still maintains a commanding lead among registered Republicans and independents.

26.  But because Bush has a commanding lead in the early polls, his noncandidacy is dominating the race.

27.  But analysts said competitors will be hard-pressed to catch eBay, which already has a commanding lead over auction sites run by Amazon.com and Yahoo.

28.  But he admitted it felt good, in a strange way, to have such a commanding lead Wednesday night.

29.  By then it was too late, but the Miami Heat left the court knowing it had almost lost a commanding lead.

30.  Despite a commanding lead over Barak in the polls, Sharon has consistently wooed the Russian vote.