1.   At times he will find Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina and friends blocking his path or lobbing verbal grenades at him.

2.   Jackson and Cuban have lobbed verbal grenades back and forth for the last week, engaging in a long-distance debate through the press.

3.   No excuses for not playing on, Torre agreed, after lobbing a few verbal grenades at the umps.

4.   Onetime throwaway lines by politicians now turn into verbal grenades.

5.   President Clinton and House Republican leaders lobbed verbal grenades across Pennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday on the issues of tobacco and needle exchange.

6.   The likelihood of the season beginning in early December is fading with each verbal grenade.

7.   The world will be safe for capitalism whether or not he lobs one more verbal grenade at wealthy owners.

8.   We can let those three stand in a semicircle and singe each other with verbal grenades.

9.   With that mix, anti-liberal verbal grenades will be lobbed fast and furious.