1.   And strong regional stereotypes that have branded Cholla residents as clannish and abrasive strivers have eroded his popularity.

2.   But like Stern, the hit in the wallet is starting to erode his popularity.

3.   Controlling the new Congress and courts, Fujimori was able to get around this roadblock but a recession has eroded his popularity.

4.   Gonzalez, whose popularity has been eroded by a string of corruption scandals, has focused on international issues leading up to the summit.

5.   His move brought him acclaim, but since then, the high cost and social upheavals of reunification have added to the troubles eroding his popularity.

6.   It is my conviction, based on the same flimsy reasoning, that inability to remember the winners of these things is eroding their popularity.

7.   Sure, but it was Jordan who propelled the league to the stratospheric heights it enjoyed before the recent six-month lockout began to erode that popularity.

8.   That decision, which met with widespread skepticism, further eroded the popularity of Samper and of the Congress in local polls.

9.   But scandals involving top party and government officials have steadily eroded their popularity.

10.   Daly, a former PGA and British Open champion whose problems with alcoholism never seemed to erode his popularity, is easily the biggest name in the Tucson field.