11.   His statement called into question the authority Arafat exercises over armed groups whose prestige and popularity has soared during the fighting.

12.   How much actual control Arafat exercises over those areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip nominally under his authority is an open question.

13.   I asked Lee why Beijing was so exercised over the exercise movement.

14.   It is yet another manifestation of the disturbing influence exercised over the GOP by the religious right and other social conservatives.

15.   Like other online services, Compuserve offers its own menu of information and entertainment over which it exercises control.

16.   Lott was particularly exercised over the White House practice of picking its preferred candidates in some Republican Senate primaries.

17.   Mr. Moakley had known two of the priests and became increasingly exercised over the affair.

18.   New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani may at last have broken the outrageous stranglehold that school custodians have long exercised over New York City.

19.   Pardon me if I cannot become exercised over what sort of letters and numbers are stamped on the shows.

20.   That would give the agency the same authority that the Department of Agriculture has long exercised over imports of meat and poultry.