1.   Judges are under the thumb of the bureaucracy.

2.   The President, senators, and deputies are all under the thumb of the military.

3.   And some of the old families who had been under the thumb of the Chartronnais have come to the fore.

4.   And, unless the thumb of your left hand is located over by the pinky finger, its design is suitable for righthanders only.

5.   After three years under the thumb of the military, the legislature is not willing to buckle under an executive, even Aristide.

6.   All three positions, played out under the thumb of the Yankee owner George Steinbrenner, can be likened to being forged in a kiln.

7.   Bucharest was a very drab, sad place, life hard under the thumb of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

8.   But the more bothersome injury, Wilson said, was to the thumb of his right hand, which swelled after the game and was still swollen yesterday afternoon.

9.   Even as boards are getting out from under the thumbs of chief executives, the study also suggests that more changes may be in the works.

10.   FLORIDA Nearly two seasons of skating under the thumb of Roger Neilson was enough, and now the Panthers will try to go slightly up-tempo under Doug MacLean.