11.   The money has come from the U.S. Agency for International Development, better known for building dams and roads than creating bridges to political opponents of authoritarian leaders.

12.   They are frequently more challenging of authoritarian leaders than the American embassy.

13.   Whether he is, like De Gaulle, an authoritarian leader longing to restore the greatness of the state, has yet to be fully answered.

14.   President Alberto Fujimori of Peru said Thursday he is not an authoritarian leader, and that he is determined to free Peruvians who are unjustly in prison.

15.   President Alexander Lukashenko, an authoritarian leader who has shown little tolerance for dissent, pledged that his government would treat all religious groups equally.

16.   President Askar Akayev is widely considered a moderate in a region noted for authoritarian leaders.

17.   President B.J. Habibie on Wednesday ordered state prosecutors to wrap up their corruption investigation of former authoritarian leader Suharto before national elections in June.

18.   A governor and a top legislator in Turkmenistan were deprived of their posts Monday as part of an anti-corruption drive by authoritarian leader Saparmurat Niyazov.

19.   A top aide on Wednesday signalled a crackdown by the authoritarian leader.

20.   A year ago, under former authoritarian leader Suharto, talk of imminent independence for East Timor seemed far-fetched.