21.   Five rival warlords are scheming to become shogun, or supreme military dictator.

22.   Former President Ernesto Geisel, the Brazilian military dictator associated with the gradual reopening of Brazil to the outside world, died in a Rio de Janeiro clinic Thursday.

23.   For most of its history, Pakistan has been ruled by military dictators.

24.   Gen. Marcos Perez Jimenez, who as the last military dictator of Venezuela led a government notorious for brutality and corruption, died early Thursday in Madrid, Spain.

25.   He also visited Nigeria where he praised military dictators who have executed human rights dissidents.

26.   He was intent on killing Samuel Doe, then the military dictator here.

27.   He was willing to push for a peaceful solution, to rid Haiti of its military dictators through reason, not force.

28.   In a last effort to avert bloodshed, President Clinton dispatched a U.S. delegation led by former President Carter to Haiti on Friday to meet with its military dictators.

29.   In Pakistan, a corrupt and incompetent democratic government has been replaced by a military dictator who now pledges bold and necessary reforms.

30.   In the current crisis, the best outcome would be the peaceful departure of the military dictators.