51.   Supporters thought the Burton plan might win, and for much of the electronic roll call a majority of Republicans supported it.

52.   Surveys and polls conducted over the past several weeks indicate that an overwhelming majority of Americans support some kind of military response against terrorism.

53.   Still, a majority of Americans support engagement by the military even under those circumstances.

54.   That poll contradicted President Pervez Musharraf, who said on Monday that a vast majority of Pakistanis supported a limited role in assisting the United States and its allies.

55.   The owners could still scuttle a real season by locking out the players, but it is not certain a three-fourths majority would support that step.

56.   The Republicans also insisted that live testimony be taken on the Senate floor if a majority of senators support it.

57.   They sponsored changes that dissolved a bicameral Congress and replaced it with a National Assembly in which a majority of members support Chavez.

58.   Though a clear majority of senators supported the bill, conservatives successfully used procedural tactics to shoot it down.

59.   Though polls suggest that a majority of Americans support the notion of assisted suicide, doctors and ethicists have been bitterly divided.

60.   Until recently, a healthy majority of Czechs supported joining the EU.