21.  Agha said the Taliban were not a spent force and would defend the provinces they still control after a week of sweeping battlefield defeats and retreats across Afghanistan.

22.  Anti-Americanism is down while Cuba is largely seen as a spent force.

23.  Nusa without BAM are a spent force while BAM can never claim they had the best lineup without Rashid, arguably still the best Malaysian singles player.

24.  The Communist candidate claimed Yeltsin was a spent force.

25.  The hostage-taking brought worldwide recognition to an insurgent group many had dismissed as a spent force.

26.  In recent weeks, military authorities have claimed considerable victories against the RUF, which nevertheless maintains it is not a spent force.

27.  Indurain stuck grimly to the task but once Riis upped the pace, he was a spent force.

28.  But analysts in Kabul were not ready to dismiss Masood as a spent force.

29.  But Bao said election defeat would not make the RUFP a spent force.

30.  But Svensson said it would be a mistake to write off Cameroon as a spent force.