1.   Both families opposed an alliance between Socialists and wealthy industrialists, so they insisted they were too young to marry.

2.   Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic competes with British Airways, has vehemently opposed the alliance.

3.   But Delta Air Lines Inc. and Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. both said they still oppose the alliance even with the concessions.

4.   Delta joins Virgin Atlantic Airways, the U.K. airline owned by Richard Branson, in opposing the alliance.

5.   His biggest immediate challenge is to sway conservatives within the party who opposed the alliance with Komeito.

6.   The alliance is vehemently opposed to the establishment of a Russian sector, fearing that ethnic Albanians would be afraid to return there.

7.   The Sony-Philips alliance is opposed by a coalition headed by Toshiba Corp. and Time Warner.

8.   Anti-NATO lawmakers from the former Soviet republics of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus issued a joint statement condemning the expansion and calling for joint action to oppose the alliance.

9.   It turned out that Gemayel was eliminated by the Syrians, who opposed his alliance with the Israelis.

10.   Jozef Migas, chairman of the Party of the Democratic Left, confirmed Tuesday it no longer opposed an alliance with the Hungarians.