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Consider Eve.com, a cosmetics site that was backed by Idealab, a prominent Internet incubator.

In July India blocked the signing of a new global trade accord that was backed by America.

"We consider Iranians a heroic people who knew how to rid themselves of a bloody dictatorship that was backed by the West," he said.

But in 2008, the Legislature banned the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations, a move that was backed by the union.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn's sway as a European power-broker of consequence — a power that was backed by longstanding personal relationships — would be hard to replicate.

The plan was drawn from a proposal presented by advocates for mentally ill people that was backed by the Justice Department.

When an investor bought a security that was backed by loans like Addie Polk's, Fannie Mae guaranteed payment even if the borrower defaulted.

The protesters demanded a referendum on independence for the region and the repudiation of a 1969 vote that was backed by the United Nations and formalized Indonesian control.

September 2010: Burger King Holdings for $3.9 billion | The fast-food chain agreed to sell itself to 3G Capital, an investment firm that was backed by wealthy Brazilians.

Tells about the short life of the Cosmopolitan Opera in San Francisco that was backed by the wealthy, superstitious Scot named Campbell McGregor.

"I don't know of any loan that was backed by customer funds," Mr. Corzine said on Thursday before the oversight subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee.