1.   He singled out the United States as a leading supporter of the democratic process in Congo, but described French support as measured.

2.   And there were indications that both the president and his leading Democratic supporters were reluctantly considering the sort of smaller steps that they had once scornfully rejected.

3.   A leading Republican supporter of the amendment, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, said he was optimistic that a compromise could be worked out.

4.   Alice Manheim Kaplan, an art collector and a leading supporter of the arts in New York City, died on Sunday at her home in New York City.

5.   But leading supporters of the bill passed Wednesday said Congress should wait to see how the current legislation works before it considers an amendment.

6.   But leading supporters of full communion with Episcopalians were determined not to be out-organized.

7.   But Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., a leading supporter of the treaty, said he hoped that it would be taken up early next year.

8.   But Philippine Airlines is also the crown jewel in the empire of a tycoon who is a leading supporter of the new president of the Philippines.

9.   FAIR is linked to SOS through Allan Nelson, an ex-official of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, who is a leading supporter of Prop.

10.   Friends of Marino said he quit largely out of bitterness over having been replaced as majority leader by Sen. Joseph L. Bruno, a leading supporter of Pataki.