11.   It was a stinging defeat for the Legislature, particularly the Democrats who control the Assembly, whose pet projects were the bulk of the veto targets.

12.   Now, six years later, Helms apparently still is miffed over that stinging defeat by a freshman senator.

13.   Organized labor suffered a stinging defeat last month when the House voted for permanent trade relations with China.

14.   Seldom does she raise her voice, even after a stinging defeat.

15.   Tennesseans delivered a stinging defeat to the Democratic Party on Tuesday by electing Republicans in two races for the Senate.

16.   The business world celebrated historic victories and suffered stinging defeats during the Supreme Court term that ended Friday.

17.   The exit poll results, if confirmed by official tallies, would amount to a stinging defeat for the PRI.

18.   The plan was defeated by the state Legislature the following May in what was seen as a stinging defeat to Bush.

19.   The Russian military is still smarting from its stinging defeat in the Chechen war, and the government appears fearful of being drawn into a quagmire.

20.   Then again, how much more resolve will it have left after another stinging defeat?