1.   But Buchanan seems to have the support of many Bible-belt shock troops, and has the tacit backing of fundamentalists at Bob Jones University in Greenville.

2.   They see Croatia becoming an almost ethnically pure state with tacit American backing and Serbs outside Serbia being hounded or bombarded.

3.   Centrist politician Kjell Magne Bondevik said Monday he had enough tacit backing to form a new Norwegian government.

4.   The government has come under intense international censure for its tacit backing of intimidation against the judiciary and the media.

5.   The Security Council on Monday gave tacit backing to a new U.S. policy of talking with the Bosnian Serbs despite their refusal to accept an international peace plan.

6.   Yeltsin has the tacit backing of a majority of democrats and of the three main television channels, two state-owned and one private.

7.   Scindia has the tacit backing of the opposition.