11.   They also hope to gain legitimacy so that they can soon go public.

12.   This is the way to gain legitimacy for a successful four years in the White House.

13.   Unlike beautifully simple figures such as batting averages or snowfall totals, educational statistics often require validation through other means to gain legitimacy.

14.   But he said Sunday he commented on this report because he feared it would gain legitimacy if it was not officially denied.

15.   Hun Sen hopes to gain international legitimacy through a veneer of power-sharing.

16.   Reyes said, however, that hijacking an airliner full of defenseless civilians is no way to try to gain legitimacy.

17.   Such negotiations would boost the image of the FARC, which is using the captive soldiers as a bargaining chip in an effort to gain political legitimacy.

18.   They are vital to his attempts to gain international legitimacy following his overthrow of his co-prime minister, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, in a bloody takeover in July.