31.   The funds could then by used to support expansion.

32.   The mayor said he might support the expansion despite the opposition of the Republican leadership in Congress.

33.   The new members support future expansion, though they too said it may be too soon for some of their neighbors.

34.   The region around Ontario, an area far to the east known as the Inland Empire, supports expansion as an economic boon.

35.   Those senators ready to support NATO expansion should understand the political and financial price.

36.   Picking up the tone of that summit, Chilean president Frei said that the recent end of military government in the region is a pillar to support trade expansion.

37.   PhRMA supports expansion of drug coverage through private-sector insurance.

38.   Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz left open the possibility Wednesday that the United States could support an expansion of the international peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.

39.   He also assured Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase that the Bush administration supports the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

40.   He said Italy supported NATO expansion from the very beginning, considering it a guarantee of the process of democratization in central Europe.