Mr Brown’s exit will bring a contest featuring plenty of unpalatable contenders but no obvious front-runner.

布朗的退出会引来具有大量低等级竞争者而少真实实力派特点的竞赛。

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

现在麦凯恩先生是优势巨大的领跑者，而朱利安尼先生已经退出了。

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Mr Obama now has more pledged delegates than his rival-and he is likely to remain the front-runner for at least another three weeks (see article).

奥巴马比·希拉里获得了更多代表的拥戴，而且这样的领先优势至少还会持续三周。

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With almost all the votes counted in the first round of voting, Mr Zeman has emerged as the front runner, with Mr Schwarzenberg in second place.

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Mr Weber had been seen as a front runner to succeed Mr Trichet, who steps down this year.

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The move sets Mr Staley up as the front-runner to take over should Mr Dimon leave or fall under a bus.

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