11.   A new dictatorship may be in the making under the authoritarian rule of President Sali Berisha.

12.   After more than three decades of authoritarian rule, the country has effectively been depoliticized.

13.   After the authoritarian rule of czars and Communists, Russians harbor a fervent distrust of central government.

14.   Ake was also a critic of corruption and authoritarian rule in Africa.

15.   But behind this facade is a network of competing interest groups that have tamed the ambitions of lobbies and institutions, making authoritarian rule impossible.

16.   But critics call it a flawed document and say it represents an attempt by Chavez to assume authoritarian rule.

17.   But she accepts them as long as they are only part of a transition from the authoritarian rule of the past years to a new, functioning democracy.

18.   Capitalist development may be compatible, in its early phases, with authoritarian rule.

19.   Critics say Chavez has removed the checks and balances that prevent a democracy from sliding toward authoritarian rule.

20.   Decades of authoritarian Soviet rule and disillusionment with the new order of riches for some and poverty for most have taken their toll.