11.   The new Republican Congressional leadership seems not to understand this, and it may pay a heavy price for that oversight.

12.   To do that, the leadership seemed ready to scrap the approaches to income tax cuts contained in the House and Senate bills.

13.   Two years ago the new Republican leadership did not seem interested in hearing from both sides at the Kennedy School.

14.   Whatever its internal divisions and suspicions of American intentions, the Chinese leadership seems united on wanting to improve relations.

15.   But the Republican Senate leadership seemed a little interested in expediency, too.

16.   Professional leadership THERE seems to be an absence of leadership in the profession.

17.   But the Bosnian Serb leadership seemed at the weekend to be more keen to return effective control of the airport to Serb hands.

18.   The Tory leadership seemed resigned Monday to the fact that Hamilton would now stand, after he won the backing of his local party.

19.   Leadership seemed a matter of chance.