21.   The Russian president has remained secluded in a hunting lodge outside Moscow awaiting heart surgery.

22.   With President Boris Yeltsin awaiting heart surgery, his top lieutenants have traded increasingly harsh accusations, including warnings of possible political unrest or even coup attempts.

23.   With Yeltsin a part-time president while awaiting heart surgery, Chubais has been delegated broader authority.

24.   Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez, his right knee awaiting replacement surgery, coached the game from the press box.

25.   With Russian President Boris Yeltsin awaiting heart surgery, U.S. officials are voicing open concern about the stability of its progress toward democracy and free market reforms.

26.   With Yeltsin awaiting heart surgery, his chief of staff Anatoly Chubais has been wielding enormous influence in the Kremlin.

27.   Yeltsin is awaiting heart surgery amid constant reports and rumors of his failing health.

28.   Yeltsin is awaiting heart surgery at a government health resort outside Moscow, and his absence has focused attention on the jockeying for power by various political factions.

29.   Yeltsin is awaiting heart surgery at a government health resort outside Moscow.

30.   Yeltsin is awaiting heart surgery, and his illness has turned new attention on possible successors.