61.  At the EPA , DeVillars feels he made a tactical mistake in angering so many people whose help he needed, and he is trying to win staff support.

62.  At the conference, Persson won support for continued fiscal restraint and defeated calls for higher welfare spending.

63.  At the polls, he won overwhelming support for a new constitution that strengthened the executive, weakened the Legislature and judiciary and expanded government control of the economy.

64.  At the same time, suffragists began to win support among working-class women.

65.  Backers of the Shays-Meehan bill say they are close to winning majority support for their package, but they refused to claim victory Tuesday night.

66.  Because that plan would have eliminated all bonding by school districts, it was widely criticized and was unable to win enough support to pass the Senate.

67.  Block also won unanimous support from the Board of Supervisors, who believed his experience, longevity and history of accomplishment outweighed the need for new blood.

68.  Both banks have been scrambling to win shareholder support before the deadline expires Monday.

69.  Both candidates won support at first simply because they were not the tax-and-spend Democratic incumbents.

70.  Both sides are trying to win public support.