1.   Now, the top leadership of Hamas remains in the Gaza Strip and an attack there seemed likely.

2.   The Republican leadership remained opposed to the minimum wage increase.

3.   The Teamsters leadership has remained neutral in the race.

4.   With Congress in recess, the Republican leadership has remained muted.

5.   With or without inspired values, as long as the party leadership remains united and resolute, its power seems secure for now.

6.   Yet, he added, the Kosovar rebel leadership remains coherent, and has retained command of its troops.

7.   In Baghdad, the Iraqi leadership has remained silent on the oil-for-food program extension and has not given an indication of when exports might resume.

8.   It also became apparent donors would be reluctant to earmark funds for the Bosnian Serb region as long as the isolationist leadership remained.

9.   It said the Syrian leadership remains commited to the peace process.

10.   Leadership remains in a vacuum, an unstable condition in a place like Afghanistan where disputes are often settled with gunpowder.