1.   Almost certainly his opponents will see it that way and will not let slip the opportunity to accuse him of opportunism and political flip-flopping.

2.   And abortion opponents saw it as an important victory.

3.   But death-penalty opponents see subtle changes in public opinion lurking beneath such data.

4.   But all the opponent sees is Ayers taking a reverse handoff from Karim Abdul-Jabbar and racing down the sideline, untouched, into the end zone.

5.   But some death penalty opponents see the sympathy engendered by Ms. Tucker as another indicator that support for capital punishment may be on the wane in Florida.

6.   But the politics of power are shifting, and some Enron opponents see a fresh chance to roll back deregulation.

7.   But with victories come doubts, and as the opponents of affirmative action see what they have wrought, some of them have begun to recoil in horror.

8.   Democratic opponents saw the decision as another concession by the administration to its supporters in the gun industry.

9.   Dole is a heavyweight champion who jabs, bobs and weaves before landing knockout punches that his opponents never saw coming.

10.   Each of the schools has an excellent quarterback to run attacks opponents rarely see more than once a year.