1.   All three tried to make the most forceful case for their candidacy.

2.   But a forceful case was made for Houston because it is a done deal, while the two Los Angeles bids are far from it.

3.   But Ms. Kopple made a forceful case for the special merits of the documentary.

4.   Lange has made a forceful case for a single assailant and has largely debunked the defense theory that the slayings were drug-related.

5.   Rumsfeld also made a forceful case for deploying a national missile defense, saying the United States needed to develop a new kind of deterrence against emerging missile threats.

6.   The Fed governors will hear a forceful case for technological optimism from Erik Brynjolfsson, an associate professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

7.   The president was indignant and articulate, and he made a forceful case for his position.

8.   They also grumbled about his refusal to make a forceful case for reform and universal coverage in general.

9.   He said what he had learned would allow him to make a more forceful case for more aid.