1.  Despite stubborn opposition, the President managed to raise interest rates.

2.  Republicans who fought the legislation insisted that their stubborn opposition was grounded in genuine concern that the bill was crammed with misguided social welfare programs.

3.  The stubborn opposition to change by leading party members on both sides threatens to retain a system which clearly has handicapped California.

4.  Fighting in northwest Bosnia and stubborn opposition by besieging forces have allowed only a trickle of the aid the area need.

5.  Fighting in northwestern Bosnia and stubborn opposition by besieging forces have allowed only a trickle of the aid needed by tens of thousands of people.

6.  It was the latest setback for Jospin, whose government met stubborn opposition to its recent proposal to give legal status to homosexual and other unmarried couples.

7.  The trial of three U.S. servicemen accused of abducting and raping a schoolgirl resumes Tuesday amid stubborn opposition to the American military presence on this southern island.