1.   Before you could say log on in anger, Ms. Cox had fired off a strongly worded message.

2.   But a coarsely worded message critical of Lay that Vernon posted in November under a screen alias was traced back to him in less than a day.

3.   Even as the truce was being ordered by Arafat in strongly worded messages to Palestinian forces and civilians, many of his followers indicated they would not obey.

4.   Powell has also sent strongly worded messages via intermediaries to Iran urging its Islamic government to stop arming Hezbollah.

5.   The bluntly worded message was a bold attempt to bounce back from what might have turned into one of the biggest marketing catastrophes since the Ford Edsel.

6.   Using a business analogy, Reed said the coalition was using differently worded messages to appeal to separate groups that shared some basic similarities.

7.   Netanyahu also sent a sharply worded message to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

8.   Sixteen players, many non-stars, faxed a sharply worded message Wednesday to the membership urging that it reject any deal reached by union leadership.