1.   Conservatives view the speaker as fearless, committed, and a fiery spokesman of their beliefs.

2.   He was welcomed in boardrooms and presidential palaces everywhere as the spokesman of worldwide Diaspora Jewry.

3.   Orthodoxy and national identity were inextricably intertwined, and religious leaders became the spokesmen of national revolt.

4.   A spokesman of the New York Public Interest Research Group said that the cancellation would protect the entire region from an environmental disaster.

5.   A colleague of mine recently asked the New York spokesman of an important record company whether the music director of a major American orchestra was on its label.

6.   But Robert Forbus, spokesman of the Independent Bankers Association of America, which represents smaller banks, said the report is not surprising.

7.   Calls this week to the official spokesman of Nation of Islam in Chicago seeking comment were not returned.

8.   Cliff May, the spokesman of the Republican National Committee, said party lawyers concluded that the Republican issue advertisements were within the law.

9.   Each adult was brought to Abu Subaya, the self-styled spokesman of Abu Sayyaf.