1.   Bush, the front-runner here for many months, benefited from a large field in which social conservatives demonstrated their clout but split their vote.

2.   But labor leaders countered that they had demonstrated their clout and pushed the debate to the center.

3.   But such a system is an anathema to interests that have already demonstrated their clout on Capitol Hill.

4.   The conservancy has demonstrated substantially clout in the past.

5.   After a whirlwind fall of trips abroad and meetings with foreign leaders in Moscow, he demonstrated his clout Friday on a rare visit to Parliament.

6.   This week, after a closed-door meeting, it demonstrated its clout by announcing a shake-up in the military command in Chechnya and declaring the offensive virtually wrapped up.