11.   Others may offer more active resistance, although Cuban exile leaders have pleaded with the crowds to remain nonviolent.

12.   President Clinton has decided to loosen restrictions on Cuba for the first time in six years, surprising and angering hard-line exile leaders.

13.   Since then, exile leaders say Clinton has maintained a tough stance against Castro.

14.   Some Cuban exile leaders have expressed concern that Clinton wants to reduce or eliminate the embargo and would eventually do so if reelected.

15.   Still, exile leaders were heartened by the Little Havana outpouring.

16.   South Florida Cuban radio commentators and exile leaders quickly labeled the work walkout as the biggest demonstration ever by Miami Cubans.

17.   The action caps a lengthy legal battle by the families and Cuban exile leaders to collect on a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Cuban government.

18.   The company was run by Jorge Mas Canosa, the late Cuban exile leader.

19.   The exile groups have been told that there could be a change in Iraq in a month or two, an exile leader said.

20.   They met for more than three hours last week in Havana, the first time Castro has received an opposition exile leader.