21.   The group had backed Gex Williams, defeated by Lucas in Kentucky, as well as Brent Winters, beaten by Phelps in Illinois.

22.   The groups are backing Rep. Robert Menendez, a leading Hispanic lawmaker from New Jersey, for caucus chairman, the third-highest position among House Democrats.

23.   The Intel-Toshiba faction lobbied for a stronger technology, while the other group backed a plan they said was easier to implement.

24.   The group backed Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison and Elvis Presley, among others, and influenced Luther Vandross and later harmonic outfits such as the Emotions.

25.   The group also backed anti-abortion and Christian programs, as well as a school-voucher initiative.

26.   The group later backed off, and a federal judge in Alaska has issued a temporary restraining order barring Greenpeace from interfering with the Arco rig.

27.   Their new venture group is backing upstart ideas from Bell Labs that might otherwise die a quiet death.

28.   To aid ailing business, the group backed a plan to provide special financing to small companies, and suggested moves to ease acquisition of industrial-use land.

29.   After clearing the streets near the U.S. Embassy early Monday, police began letting groups of protesters back in later in the morning.

30.   Amal, a Shiite Muslim group backed by Syria, claimed responsibility for the attack.