11.   By agreeing to a new contract, Webber would be making a ringing endorsement not only of his team, but also of his city.

12.   Dan Issel took over as general manager, and he hardly gave Hanzlik a ringing endorsement.

13.   De La Hoya provides a ringing endorsement by keeping Alcazar around.

14.   Even Parcells did not offer a ringing endorsement for Testaverde.

15.   From him this is a ringing endorsement.

16.   Four members of the Kennedy family spoke Tuesday to the Democratic National Convention, culminating in a ringing endorsement of Al Gore and Joe Lieberman by Sen. Edward Kennedy.

17.   He was brought in over Entertainment President Doug Herzog in November, and although he had a chance to give Herzog a ringing endorsement, Grushow took a pass.

18.   His answer was less than a ringing endorsement for the merged exchanges.

19.   His surgically repaired knees also have received ringing endorsements from team physician Dr. Tony Daly.