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Hillary Clinton, probably still the frontrunner, would not say whether the war in Iraq is already lost or not.

Mr Ghosn's decision to position Nissan as a frontrunner in electric cars has landed the company much-needed government financing, too.

Brown says the president holds a small lead over the current Republican frontrunner, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.

Emile Hirsch's stellar turn as a bent soul on a journey in Into The Wild makes him the frontrunner for Apocalypse Now's main character.

One clear advantage Obama enjoys is a more than 100-delegate lead over Clinton, giving him the momentum of a frontrunner.

Most, including the presumed frontrunner, Mitt Romney, appear to be captive to the far right of the Republican party.

Take Gary Hart. He was the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in the 1988 election, but was suspected of marital infidelities.

Mitt Romney, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks loftily of another American century.

Amazon AWS is the frontrunner in providing cloud infrastructure with the largest breadth of products and most mature offerings in IaaS.

Political analysts say Governor Perry must show improvement in upcoming debates or risk losing his frontrunner status.

Fiat's CEO, Sergio Marchionne, has already been tipped as a frontrunner of the chief executive of the new Chrysler.

Strauss-Kahn was once considered a frontrunner for the French presidential nomination.

Kobe Bryant has even emerged as an early frontrunner for the NBA's MVP award.

Cardinals gathered in Rome to elect a new pope will begin voting later on Tuesday, with no clear frontrunner in sight.

But Baosteel is understood to be the frontrunner.

Prosecutors cleared Lee Myung-bak of wrongdoing - but his rival still hopes to seize on popular skepticism about the frontrunner.

He repeated the same mistake. He is probably still the frontrunner but no longer as strong or self-evident.

But Mr Sokol was a frontrunner to succeed you as chief executive.

The film also boasts the frontrunner in the Supporting Actress race, comedian Mo'Nique.

The frontrunner this week may change next week.

But it is very good over a long run and so I think I can be a frontrunner in tomorrow's race.

One frontrunner to buy the 55 per cent stake in Vauxhall and Opel is RHJ International, a Brussels-based investor.

Another approach for the McCain campaign, as it is for any candidate behind in the polls, has been to launch attacks on the frontrunner.

Rather, it is like a 5, 000-metre runner doing a faster lap than the frontrunner, who is five laps ahead.

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