21.   The Communist leader said he would end corruption in government and launch a war on rampant Russian crime by establishing a more authoritarian state.

22.   The U.S. policy has not generally been to embargo authoritarian states that act peaceably.

23.   What role can law play, they would ask, in an authoritarian state whose Communist Party government does not tolerate dissent?

24.   Concerned over criticism about the dominant role of the military in the government, President Suharto said Thursday that Indonesia will not turn into a military authoritarian state.

25.   Opponents of Berisha believe he hijacked a nascent democracy, creating an authoritarian state dependent on terror and mafiosi-like businessmen.

26.   Serbia is the worst violator of human rights in Europe, and Croatia also is an authoritarian state whose record remains poor, a State Department report says Friday.

27.   But the IISS does not foresee the return of an authoritarian state, given the weakness of key ministries.