I think it is a recognition of how important supporters are.
Although the study of Linet et al. (1997) is often cited as failing to support the hypothesis of an association between residential exposure to magnetic fields and childhood leukemia [it was also cited by Belson et al. (2007)], it actually was one of the most important supporters of an association in the pooled analyses and contributed the greatest number of highly exposed children.
Alan G. Hevesi, the city comptroller, went to P.S. 321 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, bright and early to stump with one of his most important supporters: Randi Weingarten, the president of the United Federation of Teachers, which gave him its crucial endorsement last month.
Named for William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth an important supporter of Eleazar Wheelock's earlier efforts but who, in fact, opposed creation of the College and never donated to it Dartmouth is the nation's ninth oldest college and the last institution of higher learning established under Colonial rule.
On Sunday, he campaigned alongside one of his most important supporters, the former Bronx borough president and mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer.
Foreign intelligence officials also say one of the most important supporters, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, who lived with Mr. Atta in Hamburg and accompanied him to Afghanistan, was at a critical meeting in early 2000 in Malaysia that was attended by two other Qaeda operatives who later formed the core of one hijacking team.
The campaign of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg misspelled the name of one of the mayor's most important supporters, his predecessor, Rudolph W. Giuliani, in an invitation to a kosher breakfast next week with Mr. Bloomberg, Mr. Giuliani and former Mayor Edward I. Koch, who has also endorsed the mayor.
And so the colleges have been important supporters of the law.
Chiefs were important supporters of royal absolutism and helped administer the government.
Other important supporters of Mr. Chávez have recently broken with him, offering different views of the proposed charter.
