11.   In the past few weeks, Senate critics quietly lined up a stable of national security experts who opposed the treaty to advise Senate Republicans.

12.   In the past few weeks, Senate critics have quietly lined up a stable of national security experts who opposed the treaty to advise Senate Republicans.

13.   It was helpful information, and in the end, Bush opposed the treaty.

14.   Last year, however, in Ottawa the United States was nearly alone in opposing a treaty.

15.   Many Americans oppose the treaties, fearing the canal might be poorly maintained or even fall under the control of a hostile nation.

16.   Nevertheless, rival native groups within the province oppose the treaty because it impinges on their own land claims.

17.   Republican presidential front-runner George W. Bush opposes the treaty, as do other GOP presidential candidates.

18.   Republicans leaders, who oppose the treaty, also urged Clinton to publicly request the measure be removed from the Senate calendar.

19.   Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, bitterly opposes the treaty.

20.   Senior advisers to Bush, like many Republicans in Congress, have strongly opposed the treaty.