The Republican front-runner, George W. Bush, has so far taken another approach.

But the campaign of Senator Bob Dole, the Republican front-runner, reflects the man: straight-forward and unadorned.

With those words, the Republican front-runner takes a bold stand against taking bold stands.

Rudolph Giuliani, the Republican front-runner, made his reputation as a prosecutor.

That amounted to a mild rebuke of Senator Dole, the Republican front-runner so far in the 1996 Presidential campaign.

The Republican front-runner himself vouchsafed it to me - along with The A.P., Reuters and anybody else who would pick up the phone.

Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, the Republican front-runner, has agreed to participate.

The Republican front-runner, Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, has a $235 million pre-kindergarten program for poor children in his state.

His challengers - and especially Rudolph Giuliani, the Republican front-runner - must decide soon whether to try grabbing the issue as their own.

Barring some completely unforeseen development, Senator Bob Dole, the Republican front-runner, faces a pair of prospects no one has ever faced before.