1.   His opponents have tried to characterize him as indifferent to the concerns of the working class.

2.   Opponents tried to block the proposal when evidence was unearthed that an ancient village could lie beneath the original site earmarked for the jail.

3.   An opponent once tried poking fun during a campaign and paid dearly for it in lost votes.

4.   Apparently fearing that opponents might try to torpedo the talks, she insisted that officials briefed on their progress take a confidentiality pledge, said lawyers involved.

5.   Barnes and video poker opponents tried to take on the industry earlier this year.

6.   Bosley said that one opponent even tried to punch him at a party.

7.   Abortion opponents have been trying for the longest time to get embryos and fetuses defined as persons under the law.

8.   Both issues have been dogging him in recent weeks, and his Republican opponents have tried to make use of them.

9.   But Bush has spent little time talking about the widespread poverty along the border, even as his opponents have tried to make it a campaign issue.