41.   Its previous chairman resigned in May, and several banks that had supported the project, with the regional government in Valencia, also backed out.

42.   Landmark West, a preservation group on the Upper West Side, declined to support the project as it went through city review last year.

43.   Local officials support the project, as did the province until federal officials from Ottawa leaned on them to adopt the temporary ban on water exports.

44.   Lawyers and therapists, the key professionals in the divorce culture, could begin to support projects that reduce divorce.

45.   More recent studies supported the project, though local environmental officials said those studies were inadequate.

46.   Mrs. Chen and Pyun strongly support both projects.

47.   Ms. Messinger, who has supported the project from the beginning, and the developers said they were disappointed that Mayor Giuliani had not publicly supported the proposal.

48.   Nonetheless, Burnham noted many in Congress still support the projects.

49.   Now he supports the project.

50.   Of those who had an opinion, the poll was nearly evenly split between those who support the project and those who oppose it.