11.   It is a known and established fact that political parties do not pick up in the polls once an election is under way.

12.   Local and parliamentary elections are due this autumn, and Mr Milosevic May hold the presidential poll early, possibly in September.

13.   Major said holding local elections is the best immediate way to build confidence in the stalled peace process.

14.   Mayoral elections are usually unpredictable, highly dependent on the particular appeal of personalities and the ability to form coalitions.

15.   Not only would there be elections but an honest man was going to run for president.

16.   Now that the election was over, he added, the president was determined to have a final showdown with the isolationists.

17.   Open, free, and fair elections are the most basic element of the democratic process.

18.   So leadership elections are as much a threat as an opportunity for the left.

19.   The election was a sham.

20.   The election was only three months away and Fulbright did not want to embarrass Johnson.