As the strike entered its second weekend, the sentiments of many readers in the newspaper's traditional blue-collar bastions are divided.

I also thought that I could make inroads in traditional Republican bastions.

As the dust settles from setbacks of the late 80's and early 90's, it becomes apparent that traditional bastions of wealth remained unaltered.

The Terrapins have not secured a national title since 1975, despite being the largest school in the state of Maryland, a traditional bastion of lacrosse talent.

The party needed to storm the gates of the traditional Democratic bastions in the cities with Mr. Sires at the vanguard.

Manufacturing, the traditional bastion of union organizing, continues to slip behind hard-to-organize service industries.

A shift away from industrial belts in northern Europe would debilitate unions in their traditional bastions.

The traditional bastions of Paris by night remain, of course, but new cultures and new fads are emerging in new parts of the city.

Repeatedly, suddenly single middle-age people observe that because Westchester was the traditional bastion of married couples, there are few places to meet other middle-age people.

A deep disaffection over President Bush, from both his right and left, is spreading through this traditional bastion of Republican strength.