11.   Declaring his own independence, Logan worked closely with GOP leaders during the legislative session that ended this month.

12.   Don Pardue, an Atlanta businessman and Ranger-qualified platoon leader during the Vietnam war, said human nature is to look down on those who follow you.

13.   First, the United States knows much less about Putin than it did about Soviet leaders during the Cold War.

14.   Gore will speak to the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, visit a public high school and speak to labor leaders during his state trip.

15.   Gingrich, who allies said blamed Gephardt for the ethics challenges against him, hardly ever spoke to the Democratic leader during the last Congress.

16.   He made his name as a daring military leader during the fabled Long March and was a top commander of Chinese forces during the Korean War.

17.   He was a frighteningly gifted military leader during the waning of the Qing dynasty, perhaps the Chinese equivalent of the Union Civil War commander William Tecumseh Sherman.

18.   He was a Hungarian Jew whose news service published writings and speeches by Allied leaders during World War II.

19.   I set the tone as the vocal leader during preseason and it may have hurt them not having me out there early.

20.   It also compounded the sense that the nation lacked a fully functioning leader during one of its gravest crises.