1.   Americans and British troops are making a very public show of their presence in this former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar.

2.   A recent by-election in a former National Party stronghold was won handily by the liberal Democratic Party.

3.   But some saw him as high-handed and he lost ground Saturday in former strongholds where his efforts to suppress karaoke bars and prostitution cost jobs.

4.   But women are invading former male strongholds.

5.   Madaba, a former Christian stronghold in Jordan, is now half Muslim.

6.   Mines in that area, a former stronghold of the Kosovo Liberation Army, are believed to have been planted by the separatist fighters.

7.   Taliban fighters and al Qaeda terrorists have mostly been chased out of their former stronghold of Kandahar, the new governor of the province declared Tuesday night.

8.   The Marines headed west of Kandahar, the former Taliban stronghold, into neighboring Helmand province, which has become the focus of U.S. military activity in recent days.

9.   The unions portray the dispute as an epic struggle with management in the former stronghold of powerful labor leaders like Walter Reuther and James Hoffa.

10.   Today, gray wolves are on the rebound in two former American strongholds, the Northern Rockies and the upper Great Lakes.