With no major female roles in the year's remaining releases insiders believe the only question is who else gets nominated.

But many academicians, consultants and corporate insiders believe that the discipline will take off in the 1990's.

Four editors at Entertainment Weekly were candidates for the job, leading insiders to believe that Mr. Seymore would be succeeded by someone they knew.

Still, insiders do not believe that he has the influence or vision of Mr. Ovitz.

Canadian insiders believed that the information and delay tactics may have been because the league did not want a team to move to Canada, something the NHL denies.

However, insiders believe this will not stop adulteration because milk price still depends on protein content.

Republican insiders believe that the Administration lost valuable time in defending the doomed Tower nomination.

Few insiders believe that Canada can do much, if anything, to remove the financial temptations that lie before top athletes like Johnson.

The issue of the developing countries' role may be the thorniest in the talks, and many insiders believe that it has the most potential to scuttle them.

Many insiders believe that the C.I.A.'s failure to predict India's 1998 test of a nuclear weapon was caused by the satellite shift.