Centocor is not acting like a company losing a critical race.

Still, there's plenty of basis for choice in this critical race, from depth of experience to policy position to personality.

Though the elections took place only a month ago, the preparation for critical 2004 races is moving ahead.

Hamilton took 2nd in a critical race for him, with Button in 4th.

We didn't fall short by losing one critical race to one key competitor.

The Republicans hold a slim six-seat majority, and a few critical races could tip the balance either way.

But he noted that some of the critical races were in states President Bush carried two years ago.

The timing of his decision was controversial as he left the cross country team just before a critical national qualifying race.

The Democrats say they share the Republicans' view of this race as critical.

The party also considers this a critical race because Republicans are outnumbered in the county.