11.   Democrats said they would fight any attempt to ram through a Republican electoral slate.

12.   For years, President Clinton and Democrats in Congress have fought Republican attempts to make it more difficult for consumers to collect money from damage suits over faulty products.

13.   Friends who are teachers will fight any attempt at year-round school if it means having to wear a bra in July and August.

14.   For years, the environmentalists have been fighting attempts in Congress to require cost-benefit tests.

15.   Former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and his family appear to have mounted a counterattack to fight attempts to discredit his administration.

16.   Granath said the ESPN brand name is so powerful, he fought all attempts to give the new channel a separate name.

17.   He added that if he is elected president he will fight attempts to roll back programs that set aside jobs or contracts for minorities.

18.   He also fought attempts to permit Nassau County municipalities to impose such controls.

19.   He and his wife are now in a Miami prison, fighting attempts to extradite them to Germany.

20.   He vowed to fight any attempt at regulating cigarettes and assembled a campaign roster that includes many lawyers, lobbyists and pollsters with tobacco industry ties.