1.   Although most Republican leaders endorsed the effort at the time, Clinton eventually had to skirt Congress to put the Mexican rescue package into place.

2.   A bipartisan group of lawmakers has reintroduced the bill, and the president endorsed their efforts the same day as the release of the anti-violence study.

3.   After the attacks on her, Mrs. Gifford has now endorsed efforts to monitor and improve conditions in apparel plants around the world.

4.   But aside from endorsing such efforts, the company stays out of the fray, simply reinforcing the intended medical uses for its products.

5.   But he offered no new policies, and so far has declined to endorse efforts to wield the tax code as a carrot or a stick.

6.   But Meehan endorsed the effort to spare Liggett from the harsher terms of the proposed national pact.

7.   Congressional aides said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, declined to endorse the effort.

8.   Gore also endorsed efforts to give patients in HMOs more rights to challenge decisions made by their insurers and to see specialists.

9.   Here the public library is the sponsor, but city officials, including Mayor Richard M. Daley, have joined in endorsing the effort and urging people to participate.

10.   I have decided to endorse that effort by adding my name and that of the Carter Center to this agreement.