Mr. Edwards made a labored effort to highlight what he called his electability in the general election, referring to himself as "the white male" candidate, a phrase that became a point of playful banter between him and Mr. Obama, who often referred to the fact that a woman and a black man are running.
Correction: December 15 , 2000 Friday An article on Nov. 26 about Romania's presidential election referred incorrectly to the country's currency.
"The Court is the leprosy of the papacy," he said with shocking frankness soon after his election, referring to the men who run the Vatican, the Roman Curia.
A front-page article yesterday about a court decision upholding the narrow victory of Romano Prodi in Italy's recent election referred to the ruling imprecisely.
An article yesterday about preparations by New York Democrats for the presidential primary election referred imprecisely to the method of selecting state delegates to the national convention.
An article yesterday about the intricate voting in the California recall election referred incorrectly to the size of Los Angeles County, where the ballot is eight pages long.
"Twenty years ago, Amendment 2 passed in Colorado," an emotional Mr. Ferrandino said after his election, referring to a 1992 state constitutional amendment passed by voters that banned laws protecting gay men and lesbians from discrimination.
"The key to success is to get up quickly and keep going," Mr. Capriles said at a news conference two days after the election, referring to the blow of losing.
Correction: May 20, 2000, Saturday A subheading on Wednesday about new support for Vicente Fox Quesada, the leading opposition candidate in Mexico's presidential election, referred incorrectly to Federico Reyes Heroles, a political commentator whose views were cited.
A year later, however, Brown was caught on microphone during the general election referring to a Rochdale pensioner – and lifelong Labour supporter – named Gillian Duffy as a "bigoted woman" after she raised concerns about immigration.
A tie. Correction: November 19, 2000, Sunday An article last Sunday about Americans' dislike of tied scores, as a reflection of the stalemate over the presidential election, referred incorrectly to rules of Japanese baseball, cited as a contrast.
