1.   Phil Gramm, against whom he will square off in the Louisiana caucuses next week, his strongest opponent.

2.   The strongest opponents are business groups.

3.   But Hyde is among the strongest opponents of censure.

4.   He said he considered Texas Sen. Phil Gramm, against whom he will square off in the Louisiana caucuses next week, his strongest opponent.

5.   His strongest opponent for the leadership and a leading advocate of ending the cooperation with Sinn Fein, Jeffrey Donaldson, sounded the alert Tuesday.

6.   Long agrees with Republican leaders that Giuliani would be the strongest opponent for Mrs. Clinton.

7.   Russia and China are the strongest opponents of the NATO air attacks, and many Chinese now say their country should develop stronger ties with Russia.

8.   Some conservatives said they were afraid of falling into a trap set by the extreme-right National Front, the strongest opponents of the euro.

9.   Yeltsin is expected to run for re-election in June, and the strike is likely to play into the hands of his strongest opponents, the Communists.