41.  Claes has been aiming to bolster support for NATO.

42.  Downer rejected criticism by some senior Indonesian officials that Howard was using the issue to bolster support for his government before general elections expected later this year.

43.  Djukanovics met with Patriarch Pavle of the Serbian Orthodox church in Belgrade to bolster support among Serbs and Montenegrins, who overwhelmingly belong to the church.

44.  He bristled at suggestions that U.S. President Bill Clinton ordered the air strikes in an attempt to bolster support as impeachment proceedings move through Congress.

45.  He said he would work the phones and meet with groups of Democrats to bolster support.

46.  His appointment Monday was seen as an attempt by interim Prime Minister Hamid Karzai to bolster support for the transitional government, which took office last weekend.

47.  Human rights groups and opposition parties say Mugabe is using the land issue as a smoke screen to bolster his support and crush dissent ahead of the elections.

48.  However, the tactic backfired when the soldiers committed massive human rights abuses, bolstering support for the insurgents.

49.  Human rights groups and opposition parties say Mugabe is using the land issue as a smoke screen to bolster his support and crush dissent ahead of March presidential elections.

50.  International observers have said Mugabe is using the land issue as a screen to bolster his support and crush dissent ahead of March presidential elections.