1.   Bolstering their efforts are millions of dollars being spent by other groups such as the National Abortion Rights Action League, in identical strategies targeting the same voters.

2.   Bush has said that he also will talk about Bullock in his acceptance speech to bolster his efforts to appeal to Democrats and independents.

3.   Bush, who stumped in St. Louis and Springfield on Wednesday, was bringing out a host of big guns to bolster his efforts in Missouri.

4.   But on Wednesday, Johanns said the study would bolster efforts to speed up executions.

5.   Discoveries at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and its sister lab at Los Alamos, N.M., are bolstering efforts to diagnose potential anthrax victims and track down those responsible.

6.   Grassley believes such a program would help bolster efforts by the INS, an agency he said that is continually strapped for funds and resources.

7.   Had the Yankees completed the Williams trade with Detroit, the prospects they acquired could have bolstered their efforts to trade minor-leaguers for Knoblauch.

8.   Holbrooke said the peace effort is being bolstered by the active involvement of Milosevic, who is negotiating on behalf of the Bosnian Serbs.

9.   However, the skate rebound on Georges Bank may actually bolster efforts to protect the skates.

10.   In addition, Creative could bolster its efforts to sell more expensive, higher-quality sound cards by allying itself to a world-class speaker company.