11.   But they agree on the condition of the Republican freshmen and on the uncertainty of the outcome.

12.   Democrats hope the Medicare issue can win them back the House, but the Republican freshmen have been raising huge amounts of money.

13.   Democrats led in the East and in the West, a region where perhaps a dozen Republican freshmen were at risk.

14.   Democrats led in the East, the Midwest, and in the West, a region where perhaps a dozen Republican freshmen were at risk.

15.   Dole is the last remnant of a generation supposedly shoved off the national stage by baby boomers like Clinton, Gingrich and the aggressive congressional Republican freshmen.

16.   Either alternative would help Republican freshmen.

17.   Even if he wants to subtly change gears, it will be difficult to do with Republican freshmen and sophomores in a lather.

18.   Few Republican freshmen in the House had a path to Washington so smoothly cleared for them as Jon Fox.

19.   Forty-four Republican freshmen, in fact, voted for all four amendments brought up Tuesday, as did their majority leader, Rep. Dick Armey of Texas.

20.   For this modest step toward legislative sanity, the Republican freshmen deserve praise.