1.  As Republican strength has grown in recent years, Democratic leaders have appointed Republicans to committee chairs and have courted Republican support for legislative proposals.

2.  Colonel Peron, a rising politician courting the support of the workers, addresses the crowd with Eva, his fiancee, at his side.

3.  Courting support for his proposal, the Dalai Lama is expected to meet with Vice President Al Gore at the White House during his current visit to Washington.

4.  Critics said the move was politically motivated to benefit Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who had courted support in the Hasidic community.

5.  Diplomats from developing nations say that the Russians have all but disappeared from view after decades of courting Third World support with a variety of enticements.

6.  He left Reps. Elliott Naishtat and Dawnna Dukes, both Democrats, alone to court support for his plan.

7.  Hicks and Perot clashed publicly when they were courting political and economic support for a new sports arena in downtown Dallas.

8.  However, both parties are courting the support of women.

9.  Ibish said Israel, however, is making a mistake by courting support from fundamentalist Christian groups.

10.  Indeed, the Bush camp is ambivalent about how aggressively to court gay support.