1.   Although most Council members contended that they expected the measure to pass easily, some opponents said they would not abandon their fight to have the measure defeated.

2.   Although Democrats, who traditionally oppose such measures, are fewer in number this year, they still hold enough seats in both houses to defeat the measure.

3.   And he successfully defeated a measure that would have required chemical facilities to divulge the dangerous contents inside the plants, citing national security.

4.   And the managed care industry, which had mounted a multimillion-dollar campaign to defeat the measure, vowed to continue fighting.

5.   - Shareholders defeated a measure to eliminate staggered board terms to help speed diversification of the board.

6.   A bill sponsored last year by Democrats prohibited members from receiving frequent flier mileage but the measure was defeated by a Senate filibuster.

7.   But he can exercise his bully pulpit, and did so last year to ultimately defeat the measure.

8.   But supporters said that business groups and insurers were using scare tactics to defeat the measure.

9.   Capital punishment opponents say they will aggressively work toward defeating both measures, viewing the fight as their first step toward eliminating state-sanctioned executions in California.

10.   During his tenure in Oregon, Levada opposed a ballot initiative that tried to strip civil rights from gays, a measure eventually defeated.