1.   A strident bloc of owners that includes Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams opposes any expansion.

2.   But insurers and HMOs adamantly oppose any expansion of their liability, saying it would raise costs.

3.   But other blacks here and leaders nationally offer a list of reasons to oppose the expansion of Ebonics.

4.   But ranchers in Texas and New Mexico oppose any expansion that would bring more of the ground-hugging, supersonic jets screaming over their cattle.

5.   Dallas city officials could not be immediately reached but have in the past opposed expansion of long-haul service at Love Field.

6.   Giuliani said Sunday that he opposed an expansion.

7.   Gore sided with cities wanting to sue gun manufacturers, and opposed the expansion of laws allowing concealed weapons.

8.   He wants to reform the Superfund environmental cleanup law and opposes expansion of the Toxic Release Inventory, which imposes heavy reporting requirements on oil and gas producers.

9.   His remarks followed the announcement last week by Vice President Dick Cheney that the White House would oppose the expansion of the international force to other parts of Afghanistan.

10.   If the attorney general finds no reason to oppose the expansion of authority, the three-judge panel is obliged to approve it.