21.   Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Tuesday urged the authoritarian president of Uzbekistan to ease his grip on opposition and show more respect for human rights.

22.   The authoritarian president, who spent the day visiting two air defense units and an off-limits military base, also promised that Belarus would continue to modernize its military.

23.   The authoritarian president can veto any head of district.

24.   The authoritarian president claimed Thursday that a journalist arrested here is on the payroll of foreign intelligence agencies, a news report said Thursday.

25.   The authoritarian president has been criticized by human rights groups for his crackdowns on political opponents and the media, but he remains popular among ordinary citizens.

26.   The authoritarian president has seemed intent on crushing them, at the risk of losing international support.

27.   The authoritarian president has seemed intent on crushing them, despite losing support at home and abroad.

28.   The increasingly authoritarian president has little tolerance to dissent.

29.   The moves were clearly an effort by the authoritarian president to save face and regain the initiative in his nearly eight-week struggle against the pro-democracy movement.

30.   The moves were clearly an effort by the authoritarian president to save face and regain the initiative in his more than seven-week struggle against the pro-democracy movement.