71.  The parties claim the government has added tens of thousands of names of non-existent people to voter rolls and plans to use those ballots to bolster its support.

72.  The moves seem aimed at bolstering support for the regime and possibly ending its isolation from Western and Arab countries.

73.  The opposition says President Robert Mugabe encouraged the occupations and stepped up plans to confiscate farms to bolster flagging support for the ruling party in its traditional rural strongholds.

74.  The White House on Friday criticized Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for accusing the Bush administration of appeasing Palestinians in a bid to bolster Arab support for counterterrorism.

75.  U.S. tries to bolster allied support against Iraq.

76.  With an election looming in June, Tabane denied the increase had anything to do with bolstering ANC support among traditional leaders.

77.  Zoo director Lucy Spelman emphasized their ecological mission, saying the zoo hoped the two would bolster support for preserving other endangered species.

78.  Arafat visited Egypt, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Senegal, Mauritania and Algeria on his way home to bolster support for the West Bank deal.

79.  But until now, Turkey had always refused to countenance the promotion of Kurdish lest it should bolster support for separatism.

80.  Buthelezi, who has used his close association with Zwelithini to bolster support among Zulu traditionalists, decided to defy the royal decree and press ahead with the ceremony.