1.   A technical measure of Union Carbide shares seems to bolster the contention.

2.   But Fred Briggs, chief engineering officer of MCI Communications, said the Bells were drumming up a network crisis to bolster their contention that they deserved more compensation.

3.   For Palestinian Authority officials, the drive-by shooting bolstered their contention that they need a foreign shield against Israeli soldiers and civilians.

4.   His contention is bolstered by a local police officer who knew Soffar well and was instrumental in getting him to talk to Houston detectives.

5.   Padres officials argued that the circumstances were not similar at all and that their players have bolstered their contention.

6.   She said the Assembly was developing its own figures to bolster its contention.

7.   State Sen. Tom Hayden, D-Los Angeles, said the report bolsters his contention that the subway project should be stopped dead in its tracks.

8.   That contention is bolstered by the Yankee Group report.

9.   The administration will try to bolster its contention that more free trade would benefit Americans.

10.   Thursday, prosecutors also sought to bolster their contention that the bombs Ressam was planning to detonate in the United States were fully functional.