31.   In response to the blast, Israeli forces destroyed a house overlooking the base and uprooted trees that gave cover to Palestinian attackers.

32.   In response, army bulldozers knocked down the outside wall of a nearby flour mill, which the military said gave cover to the gunmen.

33.   It was a low blow in GOP circles that hurt McCain with voters and gave Bush cover for his own barrage of negative ads.

34.   Secretary of State Madeleine Albright calls it a leadership question, and says rejection could give cover to hard-line elements opposing the pact in Russia and elsewhere.

35.   The spokesman, on customary condition of anonymity, said Pakistani troops along the border also started firing to give cover to the intruders.

36.   Two Sri Lanka air force jets gave cover to a naval relief and rescue team that brought the casualties to shore.

37.   He denied Indian allegations that Pakistani forces gave cover to militants.

38.   Israeli tanks and bulldozers have staged repeated incursions into Palestinian-ruled territory, destroying farmland and buildings that Israel says give cover to armed groups.

39.   Congress has tended to lead administration policy on the issue, giving political cover to a president who avoided the draft in Vietnam.

40.   Congress has tended to lead administration policy on the issue, giving political cover to a president who evaded the draft in Vietnam.