51.  Early unofficial results showed Aslan Maskhadov, the Chechen separatists military chief, building a strong lead.

52.  Early unofficial results showed Aslan Maskhadov, the Chechen separatist military chief, building a strong lead.

53.  Former movie star Joseph Estrada, meanwhile, continued his strong lead in the presidential race, according to a poll watchdog group.

54.  Gore had a strong lead over Bradley among Democrats, but was running neck-and-neck among independents.

55.  He urged supporters not to be overly complacent despite his strong lead.

56.  However, officials at the Interior Ministry, which organized the elections, said early results gave Biya a strong lead in the polls.

57.  In three opinion polls Thursday, the opponents of membership held a strong lead, with only slight changes from a day earlier.

58.  It would have been the largest software industry merger ever and given Microsoft a strong lead in the developing market of on-line financial transactions by consumers.

59.  Jospin also won the balloting Sunday in the mainland, knocking conservative Premier Edouard Balladur out of the race and confounding polls giving Chirac a strong lead.

60.  KUALA TERENGGANU, Fri. - Poison-pen letters containing strong leads will be investigated by the Anti-Corruption Agency, its director-general Datuk Shafee Yahya said today.