And even though the leaders in Albany profess not to want a school system run by the court, their actions say otherwise.

Yet on both sides, some leaders privately profess flexibility.

Standing side by side at lecterns, both leaders professed that a new era of peacemaking lay ahead, one in which they would be partners.

Most Latvian leaders profess no fear of the likelihood of Soviet tanks in their streets; moreover, they claim to hear mixed signals.

Taiwan's leaders, mindful of the glowering colossus nearby, still profess to want reunification - some day far in the future, when China, too, is prosperous and democratic.

Bosnian leaders professed themselves unimpressed with the Croatian threats.

But while Chinese leaders professed their agreement in principle, they had balked at any actual change.

The leaders profess to believe that the war is still on.

Although the charismatic leader professed to be fine with this, Skid-Z felt as if he had let down his partner.

The agency's leaders profess to be satisfied with its progress.