11.   After months of haggling, during which time Arnault secured additional stakes from minority holders, Miller in March dropped his opposition and agreed to share management.

12.   Brown County District Attorney Lee Haney, who prosecuted the Brownwood case, on Thursday dropped his opposition to new DNA testing.

13.   But a Republican aide said Sunday evening that the conservatives, known as CATS, an acronym for Conservative Action Team, are expected to drop their opposition.

14.   But administration officials said they will not drop their opposition to using the surplus for tax cuts.

15.   But Cuba dropped its opposition in an agreement reached with the State Department on Saturday, and late Saturday night the hostages were set free and the inmates surrendered.

16.   But recently they dropped their opposition as they sought approval from Ottawa to enter the lucrative fields of insurance and leasing.

17.   Cotton and rice growers dropped their opposition to greater planting flexibility but won the right to keep lucrative subsidies called marketing loans, which promote exports.

18.   Cotton and rice growers dropped their opposition to greater planting flexibility.

19.   Councilwoman Laura Chick said she was one of the council members to drop opposition to paying the officers legal bills.

20.   Covad Communications was also singled out for dropping its opposition to the filing.