In 2005 he made a short-lived bid for the Democratic nomination for Mayor of Buffalo, a nomination which eventually went to Brown.

It turned out to be a prelude to her short-lived bid for the presidency last year.

Cisco ūmi product line-video conferencing for home also proved to be a short-lived bid for consumer multimedia market and did survive in Cisco product lineup.

Shimon Peres lost his short-lived bid to run for prime minister today when the leftist Meretz Party voted against endorsing him.

In the summer of 1995, Eggers donated to the short-lived presidential bid of then Governor Pete Wilson of California.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, who made a short-lived bid for the Senate in 2000, is occasionally mentioned as a potential governor, though many doubt his interest in the job.

He is replacing Sue Casey, a former aide to Gary Hart in his short-lived Presidential bid in 1988.

On the other side is Senator Smith, who in 1999 made a short-lived bid for president and bolted the Republican Party to run as an independent.

Torre went to him after the Angels made a short-lived bid to take a cut at the Yankees' six-run lead heading into the top of the eighth.

Many Republicans never forgave Mr. Smith for bolting the party in 1999 in his short-lived bid for president as an independent.