1.   A parade of friends and colleagues showered Ms. Steinem, the feminist leader, with praise at a tribute given by the Veteran Feminists of America on Wednesday night.

2.   But for feminist leaders, wrestling over legal standards misses the danger involved.

3.   Decter, in other words, detected a crankiness and a deformation in the visions of feminist leaders.

4.   Feminist leaders scoffed.

5.   For a feminist leader, that is an act of grievous intellectual self-mutilation.

6.   Hers is the compromise the feminist leaders flee from commenting upon.

7.   His remarks triggered a backlash by feminist leaders and liberal critics.

8.   Meanwhile, feminist leaders Betty Friedan and Eleanor Smeal held a news conference to express outrage at the impeachment drive.

9.   Prevailing societal attitudes exacerbate an already perilous situation for women here, feminist leaders say.

10.   Some feminist leaders find this sentiment perturbing.