11.   But he offered to serve AIDS patients as a condition of his probation, and his popularity has soared.

12.   But today, as he sternly directs the war against the breakaway republic of Chechnya and is seen as a no-nonsense administrator in Moscow, his popularity has soared.

13.   Despite her restricted public schedule, her popularity has soared.

14.   Democratic Party officials are pushing for Mrs. Clinton, whose popularity has soared in the past year, to seek the nomination in New York.

15.   El Nino turned to group therapy as his popularity soared, and thousands came to seek his treatments.

16.   He also publicly applauded his one-time rival and political nemesis, former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose popularity has soared since the attack.

17.   Her popularity soared.

18.   Her popularity has soared as a result.

19.   Hillary Rodham Clinton was urged to run for the Senate after her popularity soared during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.