Now all a candidate needs to do to become the front runner of a major political party is be angry, insulting, confrontational and totally lacking substance.
A crumb of consolation was that Carter's 144 break became the front runner for the £10,000 highest break prize.
If either Mantel or Waters has any interest in winning the 2009 Man Booker, they must hope that another dark horse (Simon Mawer's The Glass Room, perhaps) becomes the front runner.
We became a front runner on Android streaming.. that's obviously necessary when 80percentt or more devices shipping [in the market] are Android".
While Alexis quickly became the front runner, concerns were raised that the name applied to people more than cars (being associated with the Alexis Carrington character on the popular 1980s primetime drama Dynasty), and as a result the first letter was removed and the "i" replaced with a "u" to morph the name to Lexus.
"If Romney or McCain go three for four, that person becomes the front-runner, becomes the consensus candidate, and then Giuliani is out in the cold," he said.
He has also surged to become a front-runner in the race to become Egypt's next president, reconfiguring political battle lines here.
Clinton, a former senior diplomat, U.S. senator and first lady, is expected to become the strong front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination once she officially launches her campaign, which is expected within days.
