31.  Also, these aides have said, the Gandhis saw support for the Tigers as a way to gain political support among the Tamils of Tamil Nadu.

32.  Although Israel rejects any such distinction between its citizens, some Palestinian leaders have urged that the fight be concentrated in those areas in hopes of gaining international support.

33.  And none of these options seemed likely to gain legislative support.

34.  And PRI leaders see the economic turmoil as a chance to gain support among the poor.

35.  And he applauded its inclusion of humanitarian aid, which he said would help it gain support from the Muslim world in the campaign against terrorism.

36.  Andersen lawyers tried to gain more support for their appeal, and in the process effectively eliminated it as an issue.

37.  Any effort at this point to send arms to ethnic Albanian guerrillas, an idea gaining support in Congress, would be unwise.

38.  As the civil-rights movement gained support, Barbie gained her first black friend, unfortunately named Colored Francie.

39.  As the voting continued, Dewey faded, while Taft and Willkie gained support.

40.  Bagdad will only gain support for its demand that the troops be withdrawn.