21.   Presidential candidates and would-be reformers are scrambling to capitalize on popular discontent with the current system.

22.   Some fear that the agency, playing on popular discontent over rampant crime and corruption, already operates beyond the law.

23.   That would enable the government to pay back wages to the Army, civil servants and defense workers, soothing popular discontent.

24.   Thereafter, he appeared to dither as economic difficulties mounted and popular discontent grew.

25.   Though army and police units have been patrolling the streets ever since, they have been sparing in their use of force, apparently fearful of fanning popular discontent.

26.   To a certain extent these governments keep a lid on popular discontent.

27.   Unless these root causes of popular discontent are confronted, the forces of religious militancy will continue to rise.

28.   While he might miscalculate, he is likely to keep the valve of emigration open to let off the steam of popular discontent.

29.   Zyuganov has benefitted from such popular discontent.

30.   Popular discontent over lingering instability and falling living standards appears to have propelled a party of former Communists into power in Bulgaria.