21.   Though the secession movement became linked to Jugendstil, the German version of Art Nouveau, the Berlin group did not sponsor any particular aesthetic.

22.   Tom McClintock, a Republican Assemblyman who co-wrote the California law opening the door to secession movements, puts the argument in grander terms.

23.   While the rest of Canada considers this a crucial election, even the staunchest Quebec separatists concede that some passion has gone out of the secession movement.

24.   A breakaway city in the San Fernando Valley could support itself financially, according to a report by the state agency overseeing the Los Angeles secession movement.

25.   Yeltsin was sure to face criticism on the brutal Russian repression of the secession movement in Chechnya.

26.   The Russian army was sent into the Moslem Caucasus republic of Chechnya in December to put down a three-year secession movement.