1.   Fordice has gained enemies on both sides of the aisle in the Legislature by issuing a flurry of vetoes each session.

2.   Russian officials issued a flurry of statements on Tuesday in an attempt to persuade investors that the nose dives in the markets did not merit a panic.

3.   Shadowing the steps of the independent counsel, plaintiff has issued a flurry of last-minute subpoenas for the purpose of obtaining unnecessary tangential impeachment evidence.

4.   The court issued a flurry of orders, including allowing Knox County, Tenn., school officials require drug testing of everyone offered a teaching job.

5.   The president has issued a flurry of statements and signed various laws this week.

6.   This week, they came back to haunt South Africans when a human rights panel issued a flurry of amnesty rulings.

7.   Yeltsin, meanwhile, issued a flurry of instructions to top ministers aimed at meeting campaign promises, such as paying debts to industry and back wages to workers.