11.   The Nationalist Party can take credit for transforming Taiwan from a virtual dictatorship to a full democracy, as evidenced by the election fever sweeping the island.

12.   The Insider, planned for release in January, was put on hold when Rao himself asked the publisher to postpone it until the election fever had subsided.

13.   The QVC shopping channel is getting election fever.

14.   Thousands of troops and policemen in northern Lebanon were dispatched to the predominantly Shiite Muslim south to ensure that election fever does not turn into violence.

15.   And local football officials lamented the fact that national championship games were taking place in empty stadiums, as election fever took over from World Cup fever.

16.   But not everyone succumbed to election fever.

17.   Election fever even struck the attendant at a petrol pump on the outskirts of Grozny.

18.   Despite high summer temperatures, few areas reported election fever and this is a worry to party leaders.

19.   The government does not want election fever and emotions to be injected into the sensitive tribal region, where people freely carry guns, he said.

20.   The only occupants of the vast complex were two dozing party workers, oblivious to the election fever outside.