1.   Long noted that Pacific Bell has quietly backed similar coalitions of its own.

2.   The PNC is strongest among blacks, while immigrants from India and their descendants tend to back the coalition.

3.   His center-left coalition is backed by outside-coalition help from Communist Refoundation, a hardline party led by Fausto Bertinotti.

4.   However, the Communists have promised Prodi they would back his coalition if the NATO spat led to a confidence vote.

5.   Refoundation leader Fausto Bertinotti indicated that if it came down to a vote that could topple the government, he would back the coalition.

6.   Still, the Greens were expected to back the coalition Saturday as the best deal they could get as junior partner.

7.   Still, Greens leaders expected delegates to back the coalition Saturday as the best deal they could get as junior partner.

8.   Still, the Greens were expected to back the coalition in the end as the best deal they could get as junior partner.

9.   The coalition is strongly backed by Prime Minister Robert Kocharian, former president of the self-proclaimed republic in Nagorno-Karabakh.

10.   The Communists had promised Prodi they would back his coalition if the NATO spat led to a confidence vote.