71.   The measures are backed by international lenders who say they are needed if Argentina is to receive billions of dollars worth of fresh loans.

72.   The liberal Yabloko faction also backs the measure.

73.   The measure is backed by entertainment companies like Disney and News Corp.

74.   The measure was backed by the Communists, whose candidate is the frontrunner in presidential polls.

75.   The U.S. House International Relations Committee rebuked both Clinton and Mexico on Thursday by backing a measure to overturn the recertification.

76.   The United States and Norway backed the measure, but Russia and China said they were not ready to support it.

77.   White House spokesman Elliot Diringer said President Clinton still backs the measure.

78.   He has also pressed the cabinet to back measures which could provide golden opportunities.

79.   He backed added measures but not total revocation of the MFN and its preferential tariffs.

80.   He urged Washingtons OECD partners at a ministerial meeting next month to back a measure that would criminalize the bribing of foreign officials.