21.   Democrats would drop their opposition to Hayes if the new Republican president would pull the military out of its law enforcement role in the South.

22.   Faced with the inevitable, Mills dropped his opposition rather than injure his influential position in the House by taking the losing side.

23.   Finance Minister Wataru Kobu, a Social Democrat, played a critical role in convincing members of his party to drop their opposition to the program.

24.   Finally, the U.S. wants Iran to drop its opposition to the Oslo peace process, meant to arrange a deal between Israel and the Palestinians.

25.   Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., dropped their opposition to the provision during the waning days of negotiations.

26.   Hamas did not say it was dropping its opposition to a negotiated settlement with Israel.

27.   Hamas did not say it was dropping its opposition to any peaceful, negotiated settlement with Israel.

28.   He also said that Helms is not likely to drop his opposition to the treaty, no matter what the administration does.

29.   He recommended dropping blanket opposition to the potential for change of orientation and called for openness to the variety of complicated factors that likely contribute to homosexuality.

30.   He pleaded with Virginia Democrat Robert Scott and cajoled New York Republican Peter King to drop their opposition.