Instead, he and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, are hunkered down, presumably along the Afghan-Pakistani border, surrounded by only about two hundred hard-core followers.

Phish, a four-man jam band often compared to the Grateful Dead both for its improvisational style and the devotion of its hard-core followers, attracted hundreds of fans to Broadway yesterday.

Most estimates put its hard-core followers at no more than 1,000 nationwide.

Among his hard-core followers the previous attacks have only enhanced his image as a man victimized by the powers that be.

These were not, however, the hard-core McCarthyite followers.

Mr. Forbes himself peppers his stump speech, which has not varied in months, with phrases like "as your commander in chief" and "when I am president," and his hard-core followers reward him with standing ovations and murmured amens.

Sarah Lerfel bought several Phi pieces for her Paris store, Colette, the first season and was surprised at the way her clients - hard-core followers of fashion - responded to it.

Thus, Mr. Duke's support includes both hard-core followers and those who cannot bring themselves to vote for Mr. Edwards.

This incarnation of Spirit is referred to by Spirit's hard-core followers as "The Tent Of Miracles Band".

But with a small cadre of hard-core followers, both organizations informally kept themselves and Meir Kahane's beliefs alive here and in the United States.