41.   Speaking to reporters, Chancellor Helmut Kohl said he favors the idea of holding discussions with Russia before the NATO summit.

42.   The Foreign Office indicated that the United States favors the idea in principle.

43.   The lack of meteorite fragments at Tunguska has favored the idea that the blast came from a comet.

44.   The State Department favors the idea but the Pentagon is reluctant, the official said.

45.   Then-Gov. Pete Wilson favored the idea, saying the fence was of the same type used to protect federal buildings.