1.   A brand can be something both cities can rally around.

2.   Mike was thoroughly embarrassed at having exposed intimate details of his life, but his classmates rallied around him.

3.   The cabinet rallied around the Prime Minister, defending the action he had taken.

4.   But Sir Norman and Mr Heseltine rallied around the Prime Minister, saying his survival had not been threatened by the bitter speech yesterday.

5.   Americans quickly rallied around the president, as historically has happened at times of national crisis.

6.   An unusual coalition of military leaders, security chiefs, intellectuals, and peace activists is rallying around a proposal that Israel wall itself off from the Palestinians.

7.   An extraordinary group of people who would become important in postwar Japan rallied around the idea that Ozawa should conduct once more before he left.

8.   And as the tiny company struggles to interest pharmaceutical companies or investors in financing the last round of clinical trials, the women are rallying around the company.