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The opposition leader who drop ped out of the race called it a useless exercise.

Former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who dropped out of the race Wednesday and endorsed John McCain, did not take part.

Many are likely to drop out of the race, as they are not ready or able to put up the investment needed to do so.

But after 1969, the Soviets dropped out of the race to the moon and, like a cancer, the land war in Asia began to devour the budget.

No less a person than her husband had stated that she might have to think of pulling out of the race if she lost in Texas and Ohio.

In contrast to the Pru, Aviva has ruled itself out of the race for parts of AIG, declaring any assets would be "grossly overvalued" .

That, and two failed court appeals, has left the ruling party out of the race in Lazio, one of five potential swing regions.

In a recent celebrity Grand Prix he ran into a wall, taking Jason Priestly's car out of the race.

I wanted him to drop out of the race, protect our family from this woman, from his act.

It was a very unusual weekend for me because I crashed out of the race and had a messy qualifying.

Though the horses got off to a good start, it was not long before over half of them were out of the race.

It was the first time since Mrs Clinton dropped out of the race that the two had appeared together in public.

Biden was competing with Obama and others for the Democratic nomination at the time, but dropped out of the race early on.

Richardson dropped out of the race after poor finishes in the early contests and later endorsed Mr. Obama.

While campaigning in Indiana, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton again rejected calls to drop out of the race.

In 1912, a Japanese athlete dropped out of the race with heat exhaustion. He vowed that he'd finish the race someday and he did.

But Mr Weber could not stomach some of the measures the ECB was taking in response to the euro crisis and bowed out of the race.

His main remaining rival , former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee , bowed out of the race, pledging support for McCain .

But dropping out of the race was not an option: he had never quit a marathon.

having difficulty Ovett dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing.

The best politician isn't always [the person] who has run the best race, but the one who keeps people out of the race.

Aly Cissokho has moved a step closer to joining Liverpool after Manchester City pulled out of the race to sign the Lyon left-back.

Finland's Hakkinen won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday after his rivals Schumacher went out of the race with an exploded rear tyre.

The two cars touched sending Schumacher's Toyota into the gravel and out of the race.

People are dropping out of the race on daily basis, including many who have completed Marathon de Sables before.

In the second lap, Mars was taken out of the race by some high-speed sabotage courtesy of Sebulba.

Now Mr McCain is the clear front-runner and Mr Giuliani is out of the race.

He had injured his leg and had to drop out of the race.

Zhang Fengxi were firm, the jury has not let her out of the race.

But the Republicans had defined him right out of the race.

I dropped out of the race to rest my joints and muscles so I wouldn't further damage them.

Liu Xiang dropped out of the race because of his injury.

Robert Mugabe forced his rival out of the race.

I would count myself out of the race before I was even in it.

He dropped out of the race not long after.

As a result, Liu Xiang out of the race wisely, to resume serious, to stage a comeback, this is the most appropriate choice.

The irony is that in order to become less competitive (and a lot happier), you need to drop out of the race.

eg. She longed to drop out of the race and make an independent life for herself.

Harry Redknapp hopes to sign Manchester City forward Craig Bellamy after pulling out of the race to land Joe Cole. (Mirror)