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At last weekend's spring meetings of the World Bank and the IMF, he secured backing for his proposed changes in the way conditionality is applied.

It was through Jolson's sponsorship that Anderson secured backing for a production of "Appearances," and it ran on Broadway for 23 performances, went on tour, and returned in 1929 for another month on Broadway.

Straw is set to announce on Monday that he has secured backing for five proposed privately run "supersized" prisons to hold 1,500 prisoners each, but that only two will go ahead immediately.

The first is that Mr Papandreou must secure backing for a detailed reform programme.

But even Mr. Lazio's absence may not be enough to secure backing for Mrs. Clinton.

The long delay in reaching a deal undermined the government's campaign to secure backing for the debt-restructuring proposal.

The Foreign Secretary is confident of securing backing for his proposals from other northern European countries, including Germany.

Back in August, Putin suggested that the war in Georgia was encouraged by the US in order to secure backing for McCain in the presidential election.

A crucial European council meeting begins on Thursday, where Cameron hopes to secure backing for the deal struck with Donald Tusk, the European council president.

As for the martial arts contest, Raj Kundra, its co-founder and a co-owner of an IPL team, says he worked his personal connections to secure backing for the unusual sport from two Indian companies.

The ensuing political turmoil has raised questions about the ability of the government of Prime Minister Brian Cowen to secure backing for the austerity package when it is presented to Parliament on Dec. 7.