31.   Republicans also remained concerned about keeping their conservative wing from opposing any deal.

32.   Rich Fritzky, president of the Meadowlands Regional Chamber of Commerce, has opposed any deal that will leave a hole in Bergen County.

33.   Separately, the Fleet-BankBoston merger won support Thursday from Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who had opposed the deal.

34.   Several Assembly Democrats publicly opposed the deal, as did consumer groups that are often allied with the Democrats.

35.   Some investors said they opposed the deal from the outset, and are even more frustrated now.

36.   That foundation also opposes the deal.

37.   That is an admission that most shareholders oppose their deal, because CSX and Conrail need only a majority of the votes cast.

38.   The Chemical Manufacturers Association, in fact, planned to tell the board it opposed the deal.

39.   The deal was immediately opposed by critics of the cereal industry.

40.   The filing reveals that Wired founders Louis Rossetto and Jane Metcalfe opposed the deal when it was first brought to the board of directors.