11.   Legal experts said the indictment of Andersen was likely the opening gambit in a lengthy investigation.

12.   Not a bad opening gambit.

13.   That scorched-earth approach may have simply been an opening gambit designed to make Pataki look like a moderate.

14.   The opening gambit, in a column several weeks ago, featured employers bemoaning a lost work ethic among entry-level job seekers.

15.   This opening gambit in the novel seems fraught with danger because of its self-consciousness.

16.   Tyson said his left hooks, mostly wild, were an opening gambit in his strategy.

17.   His opening gambit is an invitation to ride on his glass-bottom boat.

18.   This highly unusual opening gambit will put the project at considerable risk should it fail.