1.  All this would make it abundantly clear Clinton was in Moscow not to endorse Yeltsin but to affirm American support for reform.

2.  Bush used the setting to affirm his support for welfare reform legislation.

3.  But most important to international observers was that Patterson had joined the other two candidates this week in publicly affirming their support for political tolerance.

4.  Foreign ministers also affirm support for winter heating oil for Yugoslavs, despite U.S. opposition.

5.  For the discussions to be fruitful, the bishops will need to affirm continued support for academic freedom.

6.  Haley Barbour, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Republican governors like John Engler of Michigan affirmed their support for Medicaid block grants on Monday.

7.  Gov. George Pataki has affirmed his support for this location.

8.  He affirmed his support for public funding of the arts, his only applause line of the evening.

9.  In a budget proposal earlier this month, Clinton affirmed his support for welfare legislation that would end the federal guarantee of cash assistance for poor children.

10.  In late February, for instance, Hammer composed a letter to family members, lauding the performance of Dow Jones and affirming support for Kann and Burenga.