11.   In late April, the effort was bolstered again when a Republican pollster conducted a survey that made some Republicans cringe.

12.   Nowhere is the transformation of Iowa more striking than in Des Moines, with its numerous new skyscrapers bolstering its effort to become an urban center of the Midwest.

13.   Research from Hewitt Associates, a management consultant in Lincolnshire, Ill., indicates that companies are offering more investment options and bolstering education efforts.

14.   Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is scheduled to visit Egypt and Saudi Arabia at the end of the month to bolster Arab efforts against President Saddam Hussein.

15.   Some lawmakers are likely to use the study to bolster their efforts to ban the surcharges.

16.   The company also said it was bolstering international efforts and developing a new product line at the MachineView division.

17.   The company needs to bolster efforts to focus on the consulting business and reduce its systems business, he said.

18.   The decision is expected to bolster efforts to increase competition among local telephone companies.

19.   The lead prosecutor, Jonathan C. Benedict, appeared confident that the report bolstered his efforts to get the case transferred to Superior Court.

20.   The proposal was couched in terms of the benefits of agencies joining with clients to bolster efforts to build brands.