51.   But he insisted that if his brother found the financial backing, he could make good on the cloning plans.

52.   But if the movie had had more financial backing, it really could have been something.

53.   But tenant advocates say that Bruno would not be fighting so hard to do away with the rent laws without such strong financial backing from property owners.

54.   But NewSport is not widely known nor does it have the substantial financial backing of its two new rivals.

55.   But the measure has drawn little public notice and no financial backing amid a raft of tight races.

56.   But the chain has the enormous financial backing of former Blockbuster Video kingpin Wayne Huizenga.

57.   By coming to rely on Wall Street, the nerve center of the global economy, for financial backing.

58.   Chanticleer, which got financial backing from Columbia Pictures and is now supported by Showtime, has never made tons of money, said Ms. Memel.

59.   Cronin predicts that financial backing to develop his new technology will center on cosmetic surgery applications.

60.   Contributing to afternoon declines was a report in industry publication Seiki Sokuho saying steel trader Hanwa Co. Ltd. would lose financial backing from one of its main banks.