61.   In a nod to that concern, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani recently threw his support behind a measure before the City Council that would ban panhandling near ATMs.

62.   In addition, labor leaders look ahead to the November elections, throwing their support behind Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore.

63.   In April, California Gov. Pete Wilson threw his support behind the measure.

64.   In the end, the Orthodox Jewish leaders in the county threw their support behind the Republican candidate, Thomas P. Morahan.

65.   In that scenario, he would throw his support to Yeltsin in the second round.

66.   In the House, the third-place finisher, Henry Clay, threw his support to Adams, who later named Clay secretary of state.

67.   Instead, he threw his support behind a narrower plan intended to rid the sprawling system of corruption and inefficiency.

68.   Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., a Bethesda, Maryland-based shareholder advisory firm, pulled its endorsement of Sallie Mae management and threw its support to the dissidents.

69.   Ione Dilley and Paul Carbone, two influential figures, have sided with Bush, although others have thrown their support elsewhere.

70.   It did not take long for the United States and other Western democracies to throw their support behind the new minority government it formed.