11.   Ftorek left the job that summer amid the widespread perception that his all-players-are-equal approach did not please Wayne Gretzky.

12.   Gelernter said his continuing contacts with prosecutors had convinced him that the widespread perception that the case was in chaos was false.

13.   His comment reflects a widespread perception, deserved for the most part, that red ink is a fact of life for these companies.

14.   Hoyer has not only been campaigning against Pelosi directly, but against the widespread perception that she has already locked up a victory.

15.   However, there is now a widespread perception that Wahid has lost control of the crisis as well as his armed forces.

16.   In fact, the widespread perception is the opposite of the facts.

17.   It is a sore point and a widespread perception, though one that is not true, the council says.

18.   More broadly, the incident serves to reinforce the widespread perception that she does not know her way around the land mines of New York politics.

19.   More important, the widespread perception the Japanese market is rigged reverberates throughout the economy.

20.   Neville added that his surveys show a widespread perception among the French and other Europeans that a massive influx of Third World immigrants is about to happen.