1.  He is a strong player but his opponent will have youth on his side.

2.  Chris is a strong player, but he needs to work on his technique.

3.  Analysts praised the merger as bringing together two strong players with compatible cultures.

4.  Analysts have praised the merger, announced earlier this month, as bringing together two strong players with compatible cultures.

5.  And he expects Stratus to remain a strong player.

6.  But according to analysts, FleetBoston is a strong player in the next rank of banks, which includes Wells Fargo and Citibank.

7.  But because of their revolving door policy and ill-advised transactions, only the Golden State Warriors can boast a team of former players as strong as the Mavericks.

8.  But he is such a strong two-way player.

9.  Cirrus Logic remains a strong player in developing audio processing chips for computers, consumer electronics products and Internet audio players.

10.  Coach Jimmy Johnson expected to get a strong player who would help with the pass rush when he signed Owens.