31.   He said board member Richard Smith, chairman of Harcourt General Inc. and Neiman Marcus Group Inc., apparently led the opposition.

32.   He said the opposition was led by Commissioner Peters, the only black on the five-member commission.

33.   His cars are dented, his clothes rumpled, and friends say he was not eager to lead the opposition.

34.   His statement came a day after three leading opposition candidates asserted that the electoral commission had deliberately sent too few ballots to opposition strongholds, to hinder voting.

35.   House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, who led the opposition, would be unlikely to support specific sector agreements, according to Press Secretary Laura Nichols.

36.   His grandfather, Musa Qassem Hussein, led Palestinian opposition to the idea of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

37.   Juanita E. Watkins, the Democratic Council member who had led opposition to the store, brokered the deal, and it addresses many of her concerns.

38.   Kennedy led the opposition to the measure, along with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

39.   Kim leads the opposition National Congress for New Politics.

40.   Korenstein, who has led opposition against Belmont for two years, delivered the most direct answer.