11.   Stroyev, a moderate, said that a weakened president was not able to use the extensive powers granted him under the Russian constitution.

12.   Stroyev said that a weakened president was unable to use the extensive powers granted him under the Russian constitution.

13.   The opposition Conservative Party, never a friend of the unions, flipflopped and threw its support behind the strike to pressure an already weakened president.

14.   But dispelling the image of Yeltsin as a seriously weakened president will be difficult.

15.   The fear here is that a weakened president and a divided National Assembly could lead to congressional battles that would result in legislative paralysis.