1.   Bennett Lebow and his fellow investor, Carl Icahn, have claimed victory in the first major offensive of their five-month battle with RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp.

2.   In the first offensive, numerous militia leaders were killed or arrested.

3.   In their last debate, in New Hampshire, Bradley launched his first offensive against Gore, forcing the vice president to go on the defensive for days.

4.   The arrests marked the first offensive by federal law-enforcement authorities against espionage by suspected Cuban agents, federal officials said.

5.   The Zapatistas, a movement believed to number a few thousand Mayan peasants, launched their first offensive last January.

6.   Words and pictures detail the ensuing yearlong bus boycott, considered the first major offensive in a battle ostensibly won but never fully over.

7.   For the Cowboys, that means letting Sanders play his first offensive downs this year with quarterback Aikman.

8.   Government troops on Sunday launched their first major offensive against Tamil guerillas since a cease-fire peace ended in April, military officials said.

9.   Navy gunboats destroyed two Tamil rebel boats and shelled their coastal bases Friday in northern Sri Lanka in the first military offensive.

10.   Navy gunboats shelled a Tamil rebel base in northern Sri Lanka on Friday in the first offensive since guerrillas broke off a truce and peace talks two days ago.