Third World Christians already outnumber those in North America and Europe - and the margin will have widened greatly by the year 2000.

Earlier in the year, the rate difference between 30-year fixed mortgages and five-year adjustables had been about half a percentage point, but the margin has widened.

Since then, Mr. Kerry's margin has widened a bit each day in follow-up surveys.

The margin widened to 37-20 when Cowens sank a two-footer.

They were better in the second half, and the margin widened after a run of 16 points gave the home team a 65-40 lead.

Last year the company, whose shares are traded over-the-counter, reported that its gross margin had widened to 44.9 percent.

Mr. Mahoney said a new internal poll showed not only that he was still ahead, but that the margin was widening.

If both black candidates run, the margin of victory for Mr. Daley would widen.

Their lending rates have not fallen in line with their funding costs; banks' margins have widened by about two percentage points since early 1991.

But a spokesman for the ruling party said "the drift of the vote favors our candidate, and we expect that margin will continue and widen."