11.   But the decision triggered angry protests in Miami, and federal officials backed away from forcibly taking Elian back to Cuba.

12.   City officials later backed out, saying they lacked the expertise to maintain it.

13.   Company officials later backed down from those statements, and the stock fell again.

14.   Even some IMF officials back this view, though it is uncertain how it would guide them in a future crisis.

15.   Government officials have backed the request.

16.   He said that a multimillion-dollar investment in a real estate development in Hawaii died when local government officials backed away from the project because of his trial.

17.   Increasingly, U.S. officials have backed the Israeli accusations and threatened to punish Arafat.

18.   Many African-American Democratic officials have backed the creation of the minority districts, saying it ensures blacks and Hispan STORY IN ics have a voice in Congress.

19.   Northern Alliance officials backed down from their initial insistence to hold the meeting in their new power center, Kabul.

20.   Not one party official is backing him.