1.   As his place is Bishop Auckland Cricket Club of which he is chairman and clubs dislike alienating their members in this way these are clearly tough times.

2.   But it is not clear whether the service can build its business without alienating its members.

3.   But the question remains as to how closely he can do that without alienating key members of his own party.

4.   First as a Democrat and now as a Republican, he has alienated members of his own party along with the opposition.

5.   No matter how Breaux feels about adding drug coverage to Medicare, he cannot add it without alienating Republican members such as conservative Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas.

6.   Some people may have ended up homeless after alienating family members by their drinking and drug abuse.

7.   Some saw the House vote as a foregone conclusion, and said they did not want to alienate members who support embryonic stem cell research but oppose therapeutic cloning.

8.   These therapists hurt more than they help, she says, further alienating family members instead of bringing them together.

9.   They are pushing votes on issues that Shas, the National Religious Party and Yisrael Baaliya cannot support without alienating their members.

10.   Two months earlier, he had been appointed acting chief executive when Norm Blake, a corporate turnaround artist whose indelicate style alienated members, resigned under pressure.