21.   Above all, Diaz opposes the idea of giving Puerto Rico American statehood.

22.   Air traffic controllers have opposed the idea.

23.   Again, Rosenthal and Justice For All oppose the idea.

24.   Brownback opposes the idea of national standards.

25.   Bradley favors public financing of elections, while McCain opposes that idea.

26.   But at least one county supervisor opposes the idea, saying it is insensitive to survivors.

27.   But at the time, many people in the building trades opposed the idea.

28.   But Democrats oppose the idea and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., said his party would try to prevent it from happening.

29.   But Democrats, including the president, have opposed the idea, arguing that it would erode the public school system.

30.   But even before he landed, the Saudis joined other Arabs in opposing the idea.