11.   This explains why the Republican House leadership so vigorously opposes campaign-finance reform.

12.   Democrats support broad hate crimes legislation, while the Republican leadership in Congress opposes it, he said.

13.   Kyaw Win said that although the Thai leadership opposes Khun Sa, low-level officers are helping the opium warlord.

14.   The current Hezbollah leadership has opposed his latest action as futile.

15.   The GOP leadership opposes its provision granting patients the right to sue their insurance companies.

16.   The Croatian referendum was a clear sign the Croat leadership opposes Western-encouraged steps toward integration.

17.   The Labor leadership has traditionally opposed hunting.

18.   The Yugoslav army is seeking to gain control of Montenegro, whose reformist leadership has opposed Milosevic.

19.   Yugoslavia is made up of Serbia and much smaller Montenegreo, whose pro-Western leadership opposes the policies of Milosevic.

20.   The influential Buddhist leadership has also opposed the package, which envisages greater devolution of powers to minority Tamils in exchange for ethnic peace.