1.   Those pressures are all the more acute in a parliamentary system where a leader must respond to pressures from his colleagues.

2.   And as the Taliban have consolidated their hold on power, imposing a strict vision of Islam across Afghanistan, Iranian leaders have responded with contempt and dismay.

3.   Army leaders responded with violent repression and blocked all attempts at a negotiated settlement.

4.   A Republican leader testily responded to the criticism Wednesday, saying business leaders are supporting a proposal that has no future.

5.   Brazilian Congressional leaders responded with a proposal that would ban imports of Argentine wheat.

6.   Bush presented Fox with a white Stetson cowboy hat, and the Mexican leader responded by giving Bush brown cowboy boots.

7.   Business leaders responded optimistically to that olive branch.

8.   But with congressional elections scheduled for October, opposition leaders responded guardedly.

9.   City leaders responded by aggressively seeking new manufacturers, with considerable success.

10.   Congressional leaders responded by suggesting that they may attach the stopgap funding bill and the debt-limit measure to their sweeping balanced-budget proposal later this week.