He described himself as the only candidate who grew up poor and said he was the only true Washington outsider.
He describes himself as the only Republican candidate with a proven record of cutting taxes.
As the only black candidate of stature, Mr Nagin benefited from their fear.
Needing someone to run against, Mr Saleh got people to nominate a functionary from his own party as the only other candidate.
And as Hirohito was the only plausible candidate, he was repositioned as a concerned, avuncular figure, stripped of power and of military titles but endowed with the symbols of a head of state.
Throughout the election, John McCain billed himself as the candidate with experience, the only one who could be trusted in an age of terrorism.
The only other candidate as a nuclear explosive, enriched uranium, was (and remains) difficult to manufacture.
As Mr Romney is the only leading Republican candidate contesting the Ames poll attention is focused on how he will fare against lesser-known runners, particularly Sam Brownback, a senator from Kansas.
AOL, as it happens, is the only company that might be a viable alternative to Microsoft as a merger candidate, but whether Mr Miller's presence would help in any such negotiation is questionable, since he was in effect ousted.
He is the only Republican candidate who talks about economic growth as Ronald Reagan would have.
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What they were willing to do was give the candidate a pass because they saw it as the only route to victory.
Edwards got 18 percent in the state that had given him his only primary win as a candidate in 2004.
Roosevelt had real cause to worry only when Long moved on from his state to the national stage as a potential candidate for the White House.
Mr Marzuki has been an outspoken critic of Mr Habibie, arguing that since Golkar won only 22% of the vote in June it should jettison him as its presidential candidate.
Only with the quick nomination of Matthias Platzeck, the premier of Brandenburg, as candidate for SPD chairman, did a semblance of calm return.
Brackett advises that as a job candidate you focus on proving your value to an employer, not only throughout the job search but even in the first months on the job.
It's so twisted that the views of the only candidate with military experience, Rep. Ron Paul, are routinely dismissed as being naive by a handful of warmongers who don't look as if they've ever thrown a punch in their lives.
Mr Russell said he only acted as a local candidate and that he made plain he would take no part in the final decision.
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, had been the only one, but was forced to resign her post when she decided to run as a write-in candidate after losing her GOP primary.
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