21.   Many believe that if Beijing gets to host the Olympics, the Chinese leadership would come under international pressure to ease its threat of war against the island.

22.   The official also said Israel believed any post-Arafat leadership would come from the Palestinian mainstream and that it was not likely that Islamic fundamentalist movements could take over.

23.   In Singapore, where the goal of peaceful race relations is taken extremely seriously, Goh said the leadership would have come out very strongly on the issue.

24.   The BJP leadership had come under heavy pressure from opposition parties n Gujarat in late February.