21.   Lukashenko enjoys wide popularity in Belarus but has made life increasingly difficult for the opposition.

22.   Luzhkov enjoys wide popularity for his efforts to refurbish the sprawling, often shabby capital.

23.   Some conservative Islamic religious leaders have said they oppose a woman becoming head of state, despite her wide popularity.

24.   The wide popularity made him an ideal compromise premier between the Kremlin and the Communist opposition in parliament, and his appointment quelled a major political feud last autumn.

25.   Tufeili, who is from the Bekaa, enjoys wide popularity in the region.

26.   With his image as a maverick and blunt truth seeker, the retired two-star general enjoys wide popularity.

27.   Her novels, marked by heightened realism and minute descriptions of daily life, have earned her wide popularity in Japan and a growing international following.