31.   And any such proposal would face stiff opposition from the Republican-controlled Senate and Pataki, who believes time limits are the best way to end welfare dependency.

32.   And even that narrow change faces formidable opposition, says Cliff Palefsky, a civil rights lawyer in San Francisco.

33.   And in Egypt, Allam faced opposition when he brought the organization he headed into EcoPeace.

34.   And like Reagan, Bush faces fierce opposition.

35.   And the step faces bipartisan opposition.

36.   Another House provision to make it easier for companies to define certain employees as independent contractors faces stiff opposition from the Clinton administration.

37.   Any military aid to Syria would face opposition in Congress.

38.   Any project there will face opposition from neighborhood activists, who have already filed a lawsuit in Federal court challenging the development on environmental grounds.

39.   Arafat also faces internal opposition.

40.   Arafat himself faces strong opposition from militant Palestinians as well as from members of his Fatah movement who oppose several elements of the deal.