11.   Clinton endorsed the concept even as he vetoed the legislation.

12.   Details of the proposal remain to be settled, but Clinton is expected to endorse the concept in the coming days, aides said.

13.   Even Clinton endorsed the concept only after a healthy period of public stewing, and after forswearing reverse discrimination and quotas.

14.   Even regions that enthusiastically endorsed the concept of magnet schools stressed how tentative a first step they were taking.

15.   Georgia is not among the states with privatized prisons for adults, although Gov. Zell Miller has endorsed the concept.

16.   Gov. Marc Racicot of Montana, a Republican, has endorsed the concept.

17.   He also endorsed the concept of helping the utilities out in exchange for stock warrants or other securities that would appreciate if the utilities regained their financial footing.

18.   If the players do not endorse that concept, the clubs might still try to put it in force.

19.   In New Jersey, Gov. Christie Whitman, while endorsing the concept, has not pushed it aggressively in the Legislature.