1.   Following his address Powell received a standing ovation from the governors and it was clear that the retired general remains a key political figure in the Republican party.

2.   If so, the general would remain in office for five years.

3.   More than anything else, though, it seems to be single-mindedness that allows the generals to remain at the top of their game.

4.   The general himself will remain as president, a post to which he has no title except might.

5.   The gray-haired general remained unmoved.

6.   True to form, the general would rather remain apart.

7.   Since Yeltsin fired him as national security adviser last October, the former paratroop general has remained prominent with a series of stinging attacks on Yeltsin and the government.

8.   The award has never been enforced because the general has remained outside of the United States.

9.   The generals remain vigilant against the rise of Islamic movement, warning against any move toward political power in three statements last week.

10.   The general remains under police guard in a north London hospital.