11.  Both sides of the issue claim popular support.

12.  Browne claims significant support in California, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana and the Dakotas.

13.  Clinton, with his summit next week, can claim that support simply by association.

14.  In any case the electoral margins are so narrow that Gore cannot claim the support of much more than half the country either.

15.  Last week Microsoft announced a design for a less radical version of an NC and claimed support from industry giants Intel, Compaq, Dell and Hewlett-Packard.

16.  Now, however, neither candidate can claim much support for his proposals, Johnson said.

17.  Pressed by reporters, he stepped to the right, claiming his support for a constitutional amendment to ban abortion and for the anti-abortion Republican platform.

18.  The airlines have either declined to comment or have claimed strong support for diversity and policies against profiling.

19.  The plan would allow the Serbs to claim Western support in encouraging people to come down from the woods into Milosevic-controlled centers.