1.   But in recent weeks, the anti-smoking lobby was particularly buoyed by comments from Bruno, hardly seen as one of their crusaders.

2.   The Indian rupee rose sharply Monday, buoyed by comments by the commerce minister and sale of dollars by the federal bank keen to prop up the weakening currency.

3.   The opposition Saturday was buoyed by comments from officials with an international fact-finding mission, who said there were problems with the elections.

4.   Earlier, the yen was buoyed by comments from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi suggesting the Japanese economy is healthy, dealers said.

5.   The greenback was still buoyed by comments in its favor.