1.  And the unions failed to forge a common front.

2.  European Union foreign ministers meet Tuesday to debate new measures to isolate Iran diplomatically amid signs their common front is starting to wobble.

3.  In Moscow, Talbott and Chernomyrdin established working groups to work out these issues so that a common front could be presented to Milosevic.

4.  It had dreamed of leading a common South American front to extract better terms from the United States.

5.  Leaders of the divided opposition to President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia are making another, slightly desperate effort to create a common front around the issue of early elections.

6.  Quebec Liberals and Parti Quebecois legislators may adopt a common front against the bill.

7.  The coalition Zajedno is made up of three coalition partners who united to form a common front in the municipal elections.

8.  The Council is using the same tactic against Saddam Hussein of Iraq, putting on a common front to prevent troublemakers from exploiting divisions among the most powerful nations.

9.  The failure of the United States and its own allies to form a common front against terrorism should also share the blame, some analysts say.

10.  When Arafat set out on his tour, the assumption was that he was hoping for a common front in backing his refusal to compromise at Camp David.