21.   It also has the active support of the former communist who rules Tatarstan, the semiautonomous republic centered around this urbane city on the Volga River.

22.   It was, Schneider suggests, small steps from backing away from active support of blacks, to ignoring them, to active discrimination against them.

23.   Moreover, Yeltsin is getting active support from strange international bedfellows.

24.   New Delhi now regards its portion as an integral part of India, but local Muslim separatists have repeatedly rebelled, with active Pakistani support.

25.   Rwanda and its close ally Uganda deny any active support to the rebels.

26.   Still, the active corporate support has served the arts, and downtown Charlotte, extraordinarily well.

27.   Success will require active support from Pakistan, itself home to a large Pashtun population.

28.   The legislation has the active support of high-technology companies, the venture capital community, accounting firms and brokerages.

29.   They must also have the active support of their parents.

30.   Wolfensohn sought the World Bank job with the active support of Vice President Al Gore, administration sources said.