1.   A recent survey by GOP strategist Anthony Fabrizio found that the Republican Party had splintered into five factions on such big issues as taxes, trade and abortion.

2.   Factions on either extreme have called for its rejection.

3.   It was after this point that the two factions on the court diverged.

4.   Koop met with the various factions on Monday but failed to find a middle ground.

5.   Simpson, his lawyers, the Goldmans and Browns and their attorneys all were mercilessly booed and heckled by the various factions on the scene.

6.   Small factions on both the left and the right, however, think they have seen enough of the bombing to find fault.

7.   The agreement represents yet another move forward on the accord reached in Bonn last month by various Afghan factions on how to move their country from war to peace.

8.   The bizarre turn of events could mean a hostile face-off between the two Reform Party factions on the opening day of the convention today.

9.   The six outside countries, plus the Congo government and various rebel factions on both sides, have violated the cease-fire since signing the Lusaka accord.

10.   Yes, they acknowledge, there are undoubtedly factions on many if not all campuses that look longingly toward football at budget-cutting time.