1.   Many political commentators and opposition leaders see his move as a tactical retreat-a typical Haider trick.

2.   The hierarchy feared the move as the thin end of the wedge of secularism and the totalitarian state.

3.   The observers said such moves as shortening the campaign period to only two weeks threaten the credibility of the vote.

4.   They viewed the Soviet moves as an effort to tip the scales against the West.

5.   While analysts applauded the move as beneficial to Tupperware, some people questioned where the spinoff would leave Premark.

6.   He described the move as a victory for the people of South Africa as a whole.

7.   Environmentalists regard these moves as the government taking advantage of the national mood to roll back protective measures.

8.   A presidential spokesman described these moves as bitter pills which would need to be swallowed to satisfy IMF conditions.

9.   Analysts interpreted the move as evidence of the ascendancy of the MIMI over the oil sector.