The project is expected to generate 700 jobs, which helped the developers win supporters.

Such opposition had been either dead or silent now for some years, and the cult had won many highly placed supporters.

But you do need enough imaginative sympathy to comprehend how it won adherents and supporters.

Neither side has won enough supporters to overpower the other, and it is unknown whether the country will support the military council.

Party officials said the proposal, once fiercely defended by some deputies, had won few supporters during a closed party meeting the night before.

Latino advocates for immigrants say a generous program for adjusting legal status would win the administration new supporters.

He attempted to win supporters by cutting down on ceremonies and complex doctrines, eschewing the use of temples.

"He was the type of person who wasted no time trying to make friends or win supporters," Mr. Meyers said.

They said they were aware of public opinion abroad on this issue, especially in countries from which they could hope to win democratic supporters.

Jackson aides concluded that he would suffer a great deal of sniping but win few supporters.