1.   And both worked hard to convince the crucial undecided voters that their programs on education, on taxes and on medical care merited support.

2.   In the city beyond the barricades, there is broad belief that Fidel is a maggot, and that anything that makes him uncomfortable merits support.

3.   The crime bill now has too many defects, in practical effect and in principle, to merit support.

4.   This is a modest, common-sense strategy that merits bipartisan support.

5.   Though many members of Congress are rightfully touchy on privacy issues, this is one intrusive measure that merits their support.

6.   Why did the protest last Tuesday of the Filipino-Chinese community not merit support of the other business sectors?

7.   But last January, one of the members of the army general staff, General Ricardo Cifuentes, resigned saying Samper did not merit his support.

8.   Special projects between Israel and Jordan also merit support to advance the peace treaty signed between the two countries last week.