21.   European leaders rallied to defend their decision.

22.   European leaders had rallied protectively around Airbus Industrie, a four-country consortium that is the only other competitor for the vast world airliner market.

23.   Ford criticized President Clinton for his affair with Monica Lewinsky, even as most black leaders rallied behind the president.

24.   In Vlora, the focus of the southern rebellion, insurgency leaders rallied crowds to defend the city, claiming supporters of President Sali Berisha planned to attack.

25.   Israeli opposition leaders rallied outside PLO headquarters in Jerusalem on Wednesday and demanded that the office be shut down as a threat to Israeli sovereignty in the disputed city.

26.   Senior Congress Party leaders have rallied behind Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, beleaguered by a leadership challenge following a poor showing in pre-election polls.

27.   Socialist Party leaders are now rallying around Public Works and Transportation Minister Jose Borrell as the most likely alternative if Gonzalez bows out, Spanish news media reported Wednesday.

28.   Shinto is associated with a cult of empire that developed as military leaders rallied the country to fight during World War II.

29.   World leaders rallied again behind the United States Monday to express their sympathies, following the crash of an American Airlines jetliner in New York.

30.   World leaders rallied behind Pastrana while holding out hope that someday the peace process could be renewed.