11.   Earlier last week, a dozen colonels who had been key supporters of military rule were packed off to comfortable posts abroad as military attaches at Haitian embassies.

12.   Exxon is a key supporter of research and advertisements that try to cast doubt on the seriousness of global warming and its link to fossil fuel emissions.

13.   Ferrer, the Bronx borough president, also distanced himself from comments that a key supporter, the Rev. Al Sharpton, made on Saturday.

14.   Foreign investors have been key supporters of U.S. investments, said Ed Larsen, chief equity officer at Aim Capital Management in Houston, a mutual fund company.

15.   Georgians were key supporters for both Gramm, who was born in the state, and for Alexander.

16.   Gore also made a series of telephone calls to thank key supporters, aides said.

17.   He is also a key supporter of the Hearthstone School, which was built on his property and which his young children attend.

18.   He packed in four fundraisers, a meeting with key local supporters of his anticipated presidential bid, and a discussion about how to restore imperiled Northwest salmon runs.

19.   He was a key supporter of the Minority Covenant, a program to increase contracts to minority-owned companies.

20.   Julio Mario Santo Domingo, who lives in New York, has been a key supporter of the president.