1.   The strongest force there is run by Ahmed Shah Masoud, the defence minister.

2.   But striking that deal involves finding common ground among the strongest political forces in Japan.

3.   In the rickety shack that remains, Sharpton is the strongest force, the only consistent and vigorous opposition to Giuliani.

4.   Several players mentioned that the club plays with a different, scrappy attitude without Mike Piazza, their strongest offensive force.

5.   That makes it the strongest political force in Russia.

6.   The European Union, the strongest force seeking ratification, has insisted that industrial countries cut greenhouse gases mainly by reducing emissions from smokestacks and tailpipes.

7.   The European Union, the strongest force seeking ratification, has insisted that industrial countries cut greenhouse gases mainly by reducing emissions from smokestacks and automobile tailpipes.

8.   The strongest force in Russia is business, criminal business.

9.   PAN officials in Veracruz said their party was emerging as the second strongest political force in the state, overtaking the leftist Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD.

10.   But the far-right Nationalist Movement Party, the real winner of these elections, could establish itself as the second strongest force.