31.   In the contests for statewide offices, the survey found that the incumbent secretary of state, controller and insurance commissioner enjoyed solid support.

32.   In public, he gave solid support to Arafat and the Palestinians, and blamed the Israelis for the violence.

33.   Jackson has made mistakes, but he also has solid support from franchise icon Shareef Abdur-Rahim.

34.   James Levine, who has given Pavarotti solid support over their years together at the Met, conducted with his customary excellence.

35.   More worrisome for Zedillo is that he appears unable to count on solid support from his own party.

36.   Outside the Islamic community, there is solid support for military action.

37.   Republicans have been on a roll in Virginia in recent years, after decades of Democratic hegemony that was attributable in part to solid union support.

38.   Right wingers, meanwhile, believe Bush owes them for the solid support they provided him at the polls.

39.   Rowland, a Republican, got solid support from his own party, while Democrats were divided.

40.   Shen predicted that the United States would not get the solid support of Europe.