| declare statehood | 6.25 | The Jews declared statehood. | ||
| oppose statehood | 3.03 | He also opposes Palestinian statehood. | ||
| support statehood | 1.51 | Rossello supports statehood. | ||
| favor statehood | 1.18 | The ruling party favors statehood. | ||
| demand statehood | 0.92 | The Palestinians are expected to demand full statehood. | ||
| endorse statehood | 0.92 | Clinton virtually endorsed Palestinian statehood last year. | ||
| achieve statehood | 0.72 | The quarters are being issued in the order that the states achieved statehood. | ||
| back statehood | 0.53 | Last week, Clinton explicitly backed statehood. | ||
| obtain statehood | 0.46 | Arafat said the Palestinians would fight until they obtained statehood. | ||
| grant statehood | 0.39 | D. Will finally grant statehood to Lubbock. | ||
| accept statehood | 0.33 | That was a slap at Mr. Sharon, who has accepted statehood, albeit under strict conditions. | ||
| delay statehood | 0.33 | Arafat asks for official U.S. proposal to delay statehood. | ||
| get statehood | 0.33 | He has staked his reputation on the Oslo plan, telling his people it will get them statehood. | ||
| include statehood | 0.33 | The plebiscite offers voters five choices, including statehood, which is expected to win. | ||
| reject statehood | 0.33 | Once again statehood was rejected. | ||
| seek statehood | 0.33 | The Palestinians are seeking full statehood in negotiations with Israel. | ||
| win statehood | 0.33 | That would damage Bosnian Serb efforts to win statehood. | ||
| negotiate statehood | 0.26 | Washington says Palestinian statehood should be negotiated in the final status peace talks with Israel. | ||
| recognize statehood | 0.26 | The U.S. aim was to persuade Milosevic to recognize Bosnian statehood and cut off the flow of supplies to the Serbian separatists. |