1.   Gore, of course, will need a little help from his friends to keep Nader from eroding his base while the vice president focuses his attention on Bush.

2.   The home satellite-dish industry is beginning to erode the base of cable television and conventional broadcast television.

3.   Their power base was further eroded in regional and local elections earlier this year, which were won by the Popular Party.

4.   Time and upward mobility have eroded its base of Yiddish speakers.

5.   Many could be thrown out of work while certain political elites in some Asian countries could be threatened because their economic base would be eroded.

6.   Problem loans of about half of all lending in the system have forced banks to set aside huge loan-loss reserves, eroding capital bases.

7.   The landslide was blamed on heavy rains that authorities said eroded the base of a hill, unleashing the landslide.

8.   Their extremely influential power base would be eroded, if not eliminated.