1.   As a clergyman, Wogaman came of age in an era when progressive Protestant leaders were in the forefront of social causes.

2.   Adams said the Protestant leaders were using the bomb as a pretext not to face him and his party across the negotiating table.

3.   After promising almost to the last minute to defy the ban, Protestant leaders backed down.

4.   Britain and pro-British Protestant political leaders of Ulster moved swiftly Wednesday to capitalize on the long-awaited decision by the Irish Republican Army to begin dismantling its arms.

5.   But Protestant leaders were quick to point out that he did not state that the IRA had permanently abandoned violence.

6.   But Protestant leaders in the province expressed skepticism.

7.   But the reassurances did not sit easily with some Protestant leaders, who asserted that they were being sold out.

8.   But the Rev. Ian Paisley, the hardline Protestant leader who wants Northern Ireland to remain part of Britain, criticized the decision.

9.   But they did not say they would insist that disarmament begin during the talks, as Trimble and other Protestant leaders have insisted.

10.   Catholic bishops and mainline Protestant leaders vehemently oppose the welfare reform bill that President Clinton now says he will sign.