11.   These are the strongest statements to date by the Clinton administration on the worsening situation in Zaire.

12.   With his strained hamstring showing improvement, Texas wide receiver Mike Adams issued his strongest statement of the week yesterday regarding his availability for the Fiesta Bowl.

13.   A top government official made the strongest statement yet Monday that Russia plans to build an oil pipeline that would deliberately skirt the rebel republic of Chechnya.

14.   A top Russian official made the strongest statement yet Monday that Moscow will build an oil pipeline that would deliberately skirt the rebel republic of Chechnya.

15.   Although qualified, it was the strongest statement of support for a united Sarajevo from a senior Bosnian Serb official.

16.   His comments were among the strongest Russian statements yet on the expansion of NATO.

17.   It was the strongest statement yet by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games to disassociate itself legally from the construction accident last year that killed worker Jack Falls.

18.   It was the strongest statement yet that Russia, a Security Council member, would reject military action against Iraq for its defiance of the council.

19.   It was the strongest statement yet from a Muslim country supporting the American view that bin Laden played a major role in the worst terrorist attack in American history.

20.   On Thursday, Cachalia made the strongest statement to date by any former colleague, accusing Madikizela-Mandela of sanctioning and even participating human rights abuses.