11.   That helps to explain his continuing high popularity in the polls.

12.   The president, for his part, could point to high popularity in the polls, but the substantive record was mixed.

13.   With his popularity high, Clinton has kept raising money for the Democrats despite the investigations continuing in Washington into his finance practices.

14.   Prime Minister Tony Blair enjoys high popularity ratings in polls, though the figures have declined from the record levels just after his Labor Party won power.

15.   And despite the wave of protests, he has sustained high personal popularity ratings, especially among the poor.

16.   But after years of high popularity ratings, polls now show that only about one in three Peruvians approve of his performance as president.

17.   But his unusually high popularity ratings may dissipate fast if the economy shows no signs of improving.

18.   But political observers had felt he might still use his high popularity rating in opinion polls to launch a candidacy for prime minister.

19.   He begins his second term with the high popularity that marked much of his first five years.

20.   He enjoys high popularity and got a tumultuous welcome in his native Bulgaria on visits in the past two years.