1.   As keynote speaker, Bayh gets a national platform to showcase his accomplishments.

2.   Bush prevailed to remove from the national GOP platform a plank to abolish the Department of Education.

3.   Given a national platform at Miami, Johnson would become coach of the Dallas Cowboys and build an empire for an Arkansas tycoon named Jerry Jones.

4.   His case provides a national platform of publicity for his lawyers and, better, his is a case they can win.

5.   His Klan, the one assembling in Jasper, is a Klan with a national platform.

6.   In fact, Uys was among the first to give the new artists a national platform.

7.   It also gave her a national platform to promote the more moderate views of the Republican Party.

8.   Late next month, Clark will get a national platform when provincial premiers meet with Chretien.

9.   Republicans opposed to abortion consistently express opposition to Ridge, especially after his recent suggestion that the anti-abortion plank be removed from the national Republican platform.

10.   The Alaska Democratic Party endorses responsible development of the vast oil reserves in the region, but the National Democratic platform opposes any drilling.