1.  Clinton still holds a healthy lead over Dole in California, according to most public opinion polls.

2.  Bush retains a healthy lead over John McCain in the Republican presidential race, say two national polls.

3.  He has a healthy lead over Dole, even though it has slipped somewhat since the Kansan was formally nominated by the GOP.

4.  His so-called yellow rose garden strategy cannot go on forever, despite his healthy lead in the Republican polls.

5.  In the Southeast Regional, that was good enough to get Mississippi State a healthy lead at halftime against UConn and Cincinnati.

6.  Jon Drummond rocketed the U.S. team off to a healthy lead, and the U.S. delegation held its collective breath as he made the handoff to Tim Montgomery.

7.  Recent Iowa polls all give Bush a healthy lead, followed by Forbes, who has waged a high-dollar campaign and is highly organized in the state.

8.  The Fisher camp downplayed recent polls showing Hutchison with a healthy lead in the race.

9.  The girls now lead relatively healthy lives, but there are still no commercially available gene-therapy products, nor is any expected soon.