11.   At times they have displayed a siege mentality.

12.   Between medical reports, lawsuits and even more sin taxes, the cigarette industry has been under siege and, not surprisingly, has developed a siege mentality.

13.   But Brazil limited those chances by controlling possession and attacking patiently, rather than retreating onto defense with a siege mentality.

14.   But others wondered whether some colleagues had begun to exaggerate the menace of managed care as something of a siege mentality has taken hold of their profession.

15.   Convinced, not unreasonably, that his enemies are out to get him, Chubais has been operating with a siege mentality.

16.   Everything about the trial of Timothy McVeigh, the man accused of blowing up the federal building in Oklahoma City two years ago, suggests a siege mentality.

17.   Ham-handed officials repress dissent and plant informers, feeding the siege mentality in which paranoid plots flourish.

18.   In addition, successive budget cuts created a siege mentality.

19.   In line with typical siege mentality, many Iraqis today back Hussein as their only defender against Western-imposed privation and continued bombings.

20.   In the siege mentality that reigns at Chubais headquarters, the money might seem like a legitimate war chest.