1.   For staunch opponents, there is mounting concern about a political and legal climate that more readily fosters capital punishment.

2.   However, in the event Mubarak largely carried the Egyptian public with him to the extent that even staunch opponents such as the Moslem Brotherhood supported his policies.

3.   President Bush was a staunch opponent of abortion under all but the most extreme of circumstances.

4.   And Chibana, a staunch opponent of the U.S. military, has rejected repeated central government requests to renew the lease and is fighting forced extension of the arrangement.

5.   And a lot of deals may not be good for investors, David Menlow, who describes himself as a staunch opponent of direct public offerings, said.

6.   And Bush, who had favored abortion rights, became a staunch opponent of abortion.

7.   Bauer, a staunch opponent of abortion who endorsed McCain several weeks after ending his own candidacy for the presidency, insisted that he was not withdrawing his endorsement.

8.   Bauer, a staunch opponent of abortion who endorsed McCain after ending his own candidacy for the presidency, insisted that he was not withdrawing his endorsement.

9.   A staunch opponent of further steps toward European economic integration, Thatcher also took time to criticize the continental move toward a single currency.