1.   And spearheading the drive is Okuda, the blunt-talking judo black belt who became president two years ago.

2.   As president, he forged a close bond with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and together they spearheaded the drive towards European unity.

3.   Alioto, who spearheaded the drive to litigate when she was in office, said San Francisco should be up to the challenge.

4.   He and Colangelo credited Jim Bruner, a former county supervisor who spearheaded the drive for a stadium tax, for making the Diamondbacks possible.

5.   He spearheaded a drive to force the campus police to release crime statistics and recruited a female martial-arts expert to teach self-defense to women on campus.

6.   In Europe, Italy has spearheaded the drive against the death penalty.

7.   Japan should be spearheading a drive to preserve peace through dialogue and confidence-building measures, not through military prowess.

8.   McCain ran against Bush for the Republican presidential nomination and has spearheaded a drive to overhaul campaign finance laws.

9.   Mrs. Davis served as a trustee and spearheaded the drive to build a new wing.

10.   Payson Principal Phillip Gille and school counselor Dean Pederson spearheaded a drive to help the Waldens.