11.   Amid the standoff, Lott and Daschle waged an exhaustive struggle to build support for any feasible compromise in the face of enormous pressures on many fronts.

12.   Amid the high-volume sabre rattling in Washington, Cohen was trying to build support across the Arab world for U.S. strikes.

13.   And France believes it could help build broader support for endangered species restoration.

14.   And will the hearings build support for the much more tedious legal and regulatory reforms that might prevent similar future debacles?

15.   Andrea Pringle, communications director of the NAACP National Voter Fund, which was established in July, said the advertisements were not intended to build support for Gore.

16.   As a former congressman, Rumsfeld recognized the need to build public support for his proposals.

17.   As a result, Owens has been working to build bipartisan support for a series of measures, some of which have been defeated in the past.

18.   As Cohen worked to build allied support, Saddam was also busy trying to tear it down.

19.   As President Clinton was attempting to build support for a possible attack on Iraq, the Internet was getting ready to grow up all over again.

20.   At the meeting on Thursday afternoon, Clinton said he would consider speaking in town hall meetings around the country to build support for the legislation, participants said.