1.   American officials said all three leaders assured Clinton that they did not want to see hostilities erupt.

2.   American officials said that all three leaders assured Clinton that they did not want to see hostilities erupt.

3.   Congressional leaders assured Canadian officials last year that the new law would not bother most Canadians.

4.   Democratic congressional leaders assured Clinton they had the votes to sustain a veto and force Republicans to scale-back their budget-balancing proposal.

5.   Democratic congressional leaders assured Clinton in a telephone call this afternoon that they had the votes to sustain his veto and force a redrafting of the legislation.

6.   Eager to end a challenge to their authority, union leaders assured Volkswagen that if the plant reopened it would be staffed.

7.   Edwards voted for the bill on the House floor, saying leaders had assured him they would try to increase the nonproliferation appropriation in a future bill.

8.   He said Republican leaders have assured Democrats they will be given a constructive role in the formation of the bill.

9.   Hill said church leaders assured him he was in good standing with God.

10.   House leaders assured the farm state members that any remaining concerns would be dealt with in the conference with the Senate.