That advantage could quickly evaporate Friday when they begin the three games against the other members of their four-team brackets.

Whatever slight academic advantages older students might have in the early years typically evaporate by third grade, experts say.

"The competitive advantage we had has evaporated."

Owners of a large first-half lead, the top-ranked Orangemen had seen their advantage against Duke evaporate early in the second half.

Further, after months of polls showing that Democrats would be easily vanquished in a general election, surveys now find that the Republican advantage has evaporated.

That advantage could evaporate if the Governor's program proves successful.

His earlier huge numerical advantage had evaporated, and a general engagement, especially with those galleons added to the fray, could result only in his defeat.

But that advantage slowly evaporated and he found himself in a tie breaker.

The economic advantages evaporated, and large-scale investment by Greater Manchester Council's pension fund never materialized, although other northern councils did invest.

But if we pause now, our advantage evaporates.