Nine representatives and one state senator originally backed the bicycle bill.

Suddenly, legislators who had originally backed the bill began withdrawing their support.

People who originally backed Mr. Bush's policy say they, too, have been disappointed.

Rather than the expansive one originally backed by the President, it is reasonably narrow, so only repeatedly violent offenders would be imprisoned.

Lévy originally backed the flag of the Pan Europe Movement.

Mrs. Dole had originally backed a sale of Conrail to Norfolk Southern for $1.2 billion.

The 12" single also included the 1984 track "Erotic City", which originally backed "Let's Go Crazy".

Mr. Cellucci, who had originally backed Mr. Robinson, dropped his support.

Interestingly, among Aristide's biggest foes are intellectuals like Bajeux - academics, journalists, human rights people, clergymen - many of whom originally backed him.

The firm was originally backed by the Laird Norton Company, a large family enterprise operating in the Western United States.