1.   But at the least, Giuliani has managed to give Steinbrenner new leverage to use when the city tries to negotiate a more sensible agreement.

2.   But McCain and Feingold have been building support for their effort, and the new makeup of the Senate gave them new negotiating leverage this year.

3.   Employees, sensing their new leverage, get pickier and less reliable as the jobless rate descends.

4.   He wants to use his new leverage to make the best deal he can in the next round of budget debates.

5.   If he does, Jennings could have new leverage because ABC might be reluctant to alienate two respected anchors within months of each other.

6.   Once he selects the superintendents, the chancellor will have new leverage to monitor their performance.

7.   Still, state officials say the lower prices appear to have given them new leverage in their dealings with electricity generators.

8.   That has put the company in violation of loan covenants, giving the banks their new leverage.

9.   That may eventually provide business with new leverage to raise prices.

10.   The effort is beginning to give Mexican workers important new leverage in a world of globalized production.