1.  And yet the most optimistic on both sides hope the specter of this latest showdown will force a solution.

2.  A look at how the Maine delegation believes President Clinton should handle the latest showdown with Saddam Hussein.

3.  Ever since the latest showdown, the administration has declined to issue an ultimatum and said there is no timetable for an attack.

4.  Flanked by Confederate monuments, the Statehouse has become a symbolic setting for the latest showdown over the Rebel banner.

5.  In his latest showdown, Arnault used a range of artillery to get GrandMet and Guinness to at least consider his merger plan.

6.  It was the latest showdown, though not the last, between the UAW and GM.

7.  The latest showdown with Iraq was sparked in October when Saddam tried to block U.S. officials from serving on U.N. inspection teams.

8.  The Retevision sale is setting the stage for the latest showdown among the major telecommunications alliances that are scurrying to divide up the world telecom market.

9.  As the United States prepares militarily for a possible strike, France, Russia and China have been pushing to solve the latest showdown through diplomacy.

10.  It became only the second Gulf nation, after Kuwait, to agree to host forces involved in the latest showdown with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.