1.   And congressional support has eroded because of resistance from organized labor and rising tensions between China and Taiwan.

2.   As off-the-field problems mounted the past two years, his support further eroded.

3.   As US involvement escalated, as domestic support eroded, and as the biggest indigenous antiwar movement in US history grew, all these elements became clearer.

4.   But its support eroded here in eastern Nigeria, which has become the battleground for the presidency.

5.   But Senate support is eroding too, and passage of the measure, once considered a sure thing, is very much in doubt.

6.   But that support greatly eroded by election day because of what many perceived as the anti-immigrant tone of the campaign.

7.   But now that callous business-is-business support is eroding.

8.   But that support could erode if, to make the plan constitutionally safer, it is revised to allow sex-oriented businesses in mixed-use areas.

9.   But the support erodes when the voters are told how much the projects will cost.

10.   Dean has seen his support erode among the majority of Vermonters who opposed his decision to sign the law granting same-sex couples most legal benefits of marriage.