11.   Cuomo takes pleasure in the strong turnouts at his paid appearances.

12.   Democratic strategists say a strong turnout by women is essential to re-electing Clinton and returning Congress to Democratic control this year.

13.   He said the victories of Sen. Charles Schumer and state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer were due in large measure to the strong turnout by black and Latino voters.

14.   In two days he has mined hardy Republican territory in an effort to insure a strong turnout in states that should be safely his by now.

15.   It is widely assumed that Messinger cannot come close to defeating the Republican incumbent, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, without a strong black turnout.

16.   MacManus, for one, said that the key for Gore would be a strong turnout among black voters.

17.   Party leaders were jubilant with what they called a strong turnout, saying it was more than double the number they had expected.

18.   Polls in some parts of the Valley were overwhelmed by an unexpectedly strong turnout, a bottleneck created by consolidated polling places and an unfamiliar voter-identification process.

19.   Republicans need strong turnout from their rural base.

20.   Student leaders were encouraged by the strong turnout for the meeting, which included many white students.