11.   President Clinton and Gore have spent a great deal of their time in the state to try to solidify Democratic support.

12.   Seeking to solidify Western support, Clark began by documenting the steady Serbian military build-up in Kosovo in recent months.

13.   Such abilities helped him at home to solidify support for an increasingly unpopular peace treaty with Israel.

14.   The comments came as Giuliani sought to solidify his support among Democratic voters.

15.   The embassy bombing could solidify Chinese support for a Russian proposal to put any future peacekeeping operation in Kosovo strictly under Security Council control.

16.   The next day, despite every sign that the war is solidifying support for Milosevic, British Defense Secretary George Robertson was virtually predicting a coup.

17.   The speech may provide an opportunity for Eaton to solidify his support among leading investors, but a spokesman said his speech had not been written yet.

18.   The threat of NATO bombing has solidified support for Milosevic among the young Serb intellectuals who had formerly opposed him.

19.   This U.S. approach has helped solidify international support in a broad coalition, including Muslim countries, according to the official and other analysts.

20.   To solidify citizen support, Oregon is relying on a series of locally created watershed councils.