1.   Among other things he apparently was a constant target of withering attacks by the imperious Howard.

2.   But after Foster acknowledged that he had performed abortions he became the target of a withering attack from anti-abortion groups and conservative politicians.

3.   But Dole backpedaled from that position under a withering attack from Gramm and other Republican presidential rivals.

4.   But he has since won over some vocal critics with the relentlessness of his withering attacks.

5.   But he went on to offer a withering attack on government bureaucracy and on the federal Health Care Financing Administration, which runs Medicare.

6.   He returned to withering attacks.

7.   In a harrowing new episode in the Kosovo crisis, refugees in a convoy along a road near the southwestern town of Dakovica came under a withering attack.

8.   NATO warplanes mounted a withering new attack on Wednesday night against targets across Yugoslavia, including numerous strikes on the capital, Belgrade, Pentagon and NATO officials said.

9.   On Sunday night, even as he savored his victory, Koizumi came under withering attack from other party leaders over the visit.

10.   That image is now under withering attack.