1.   But they found grassroots leaders who were far superior to the slobs they had been electing over the years.

2.   As grassroots Palestinian leaders press Yasser Arafat to turn down U.S.-offered peace proposals, a Palestinian source said Arafat is expecting a call from President Clinton today.

3.   Grassroots leaders of Fatah and other Palestinian groups have been pressing Arafat to turn down U.S.-offered peace proposals.

4.   He argued that political reform would work only if the country can produce effective grassroots leaders as decision-making would increasingly be made at the local level.

5.   Tung has sought to demonstrate the popular touch by calling in grassroots leaders to quiz them about living conditions and the poor.