1.   A senior Democratic aide said it was virtually certain that Democrats would push for censure.

2.   Boris Fyodorov survived the attack and returned to accuse senior Kremlin aides of siphoning cash out of the fund.

3.   In announcing the Decision, Clinton and senior aides claimed a major diplomatic victory for the administration.

4.   The president has been huddling with his most senior aides.

5.   She is a senior aide to the president.

6.   Another casualty was Gordon Ashworth, a senior aide to Peterson, who resigned over money paid to redecorate his house.

7.   He had written an editorial in the PDS newspaper, Sopi, claiming that Diouf had relinquished his powers to his senior aide, Jean Collin.

8.   The meeting was attended by a senior aide of Vance, emphasising the co-ordination of UN and EC policies to solve the conflict.

9.   The senior aide said last night there will be carrot and stick clauses.