21.   Here on a three-day state visit centered around the crisis in Iraq, Blair offered a ringing personal endorsement of his American counterpart.

22.   His speech in Houston, for all its heat, included a ringing endorsement of Bush.

23.   Interwoven with the ringing senatorial endorsements Thursday, Eberhart also got some advice that made it clear he was heading into new areas.

24.   Investors should be most wary when an analyst sounds a ringing endorsement for a stock recently taken public by his brokerage firm.

25.   It was hardly a ringing endorsement, and it was obvious Ford was embarking on his last ride.

26.   Kidd and Jamal Mashburn have already given the Mavericks their ringing endorsements of Bennett.

27.   Larry Bird stopped by practice Thursday and offered a ringing endorsement of Dennis Johnson for the Hall of Fame.

28.   McCain in turn planned a ringing endorsement of Bush, and steered clear of the campaign finance reform issues that catapulted the Arizona senator to political prominence.

29.   Not exactly a ringing endorsement for foods that are full of fiber and virtually fat-free.

30.   Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the move by Leon Hess, the oil man, and Steve Gutman, his football man.