1.   But many State Department officials favor stepping up economic pressure and oppose any opening to Cuba when they say Castro has done little lately to deserve it.

2.   Contacts have increased and it seems clear that some influential factions in Iran have an interest in improved relations while others oppose any opening to Washington.

3.   Grian MacGregor wears a hat that opposes the opening of the CVS drugstore.

4.   In Nevada, local politicians adamantly oppose the opening of an underground repository at Yucca Mountain for high-level nuclear waste from commercial reactors.

5.   Israel has continued to oppose the opening of the airport on security grounds, still another issue of contention here.

6.   Republican leaders, many sitting stoically as the governor outlined his plans, promised to oppose legislation opening managed care providers to litigation.

7.   Sihanouk, who still has his North Korean bodyguards, opposes an opening to South Korea, but his friends in Pyongyang undercut him with the Tanaka affair.

8.   Canada, whose telecommmunications market is the smallest of the four quad members, has opposed the opening of its markets to foreign companies.

9.   Lipkin-Shahak actually opposed opening the tunnel, The Sunday Times reported, and also faulted Netanyahu for not heeding his warnings that Palestinian anger was rising.

10.   Protesters carried placards opposing the opening of an Americas-wide free-trade zone, saying environmental regulations are too lax outside the United States.