Though little known in the United States, for many years Mr. Gulen was an unofficial ambassador for Turkey who promoted a moderate brand of Islam.

While Tucson's suburbs lean Republican, they hold to a somewhat more moderate brand of Republicanism than is common in the Phoenix area.

Mr. Wilson had hoped that his mostly moderate brand of Republicanism would position him as the alternative candidate if more conservative leaders like Senator Dole, begin to falter.

After all, he hails from California, and his moderate brand of Republicanism could provide an ideological balance if the 1996 ticket has a strong conservative at the top.

"We created a lane between moderate and luxury brands and that lane has become a super highway," Mr. Frankfort said.

Conservatives, already wary of Mr. Specter and his moderate brand of Republican politics and generally supportive of the Rehnquist court decisions, were not pleased.

Segal espouses a moderate brand of conservatism that has little in common with British Thatcherism or U.S. Neo-Conservatism.

In a state known for its moderate brand of Republicanism, Senator Bob Dole won the Presidential primary in Connecticut yesterday by an impressive margin.

(Officials of the institute, which is known for teaching a moderate brand of Sufi Islam and is affiliated with the Syrian government, have denied that it supports terrorism.)

With few exceptions, upstate New York and Long Island have historically been dominated by a moderate brand of Republicanism, similar to that of neighboring New England.