1.   THE mask which Chinese leaders like to present to the world is not as impenetrable as might seem.

2.   They clearly hope the Greens will respond, at least in those key constituencies where Socialist leaders like Michel Rocard and Lionel Jospin would otherwise be under serious threat.

3.   Alliance leaders like Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the foreign minister, moved into cavernous, empty ministry buildings.

4.   Although leaders like Karimov have vowed to support economic and administrative reform, the progress is at best uneven.

5.   America may be the sole superpower today, but that does not guarantee cooperation from intransigent leaders like General Musharraf and Assad.

6.   And being a legal organization, NLF leaders like Fitschen and attorney Robert Skolrood ought to know better and act more responsibly.

7.   And leaders like Gingrich are looking more wild-eyed each day.

8.   And the clash has created a golden opportunity for centrist leaders like Shaheen.

9.   And Massachusetts, which used to send great political leaders like Adams and Kennedy to the White House, now sends Leventhal and Solomont, developers.

10.   As for any senior al-Qaida leaders like bin Laden, the Pentagon wants firm control over the punishment process.