1.   Its support began to crumble alarmingly even in its own working-class strongholds.

2.   And support might begin to dry up.

3.   Fans support has begun to waver and season-ticket holders are now calling for team owner Mike Brown to resign as general manager.

4.   In Britain, where Prime Minister Tony Blair has provided unstinting oratorical, diplomatic and combat backing for the U.S. position, public support has begun to soften.

5.   Long before the O.J. trial, political and public support began to dry up for welfare, affirmative-action and other government programs that disproportionately benefit minorities.

6.   Most other governments have generally supported the Algerian government and the elections it organized last year, though that support has begun to erode amid the continuing violence.

7.   Still, Cohen said there was a danger that that support had already begun to wane.

8.   Support for Unity began decreasing, Bolin believes, because of philosophical differences.

9.   That support begins to evaporate when people are told the plan might raise costs or cause employers to terminate insurance benefits, the study showed.

10.   That support began almost immediately.