1.   Mr Major says he has gathered enough support to launch an attack.

2.   Arafat himself is guaranteed a large victory over Samiha Khalil, a veteran left-wing campaigner who has gathered little support for her lonely challenge.

3.   Arafat has begun an aggressive campaign to gather support both within and outside Israel, including a highly publicized meeting earlier this week with Peres.

4.   Bin Laden gathers support from groups such as the Taliban, a fundamentalist Islamic movement that controls much of Afghanistan.

5.   A libertarian by nature, he nonetheless helped gather initial support for the Missouri Arts Council.

6.   A proposal that is now gathering considerable support promises to provide an answer of possibly disconcerting precision.

7.   A Thai opposition leader who is the favorite of investors and business executives announced Friday that he had gathered enough support in Parliament to form a new government.

8.   After decades of failed attempts in Congress to restore full benefits for the veterans, a law now pending on Capitol Hill is gathering support.

9.   But in women, dominance means gathering more support for a cause and collaborating, rather than competing.

10.   But leaders of the reparations movement say the greatest need is to gather support for the idea, rather than to debate specific amounts.