31.   Visitors can spot other important signs of arrival, notably the autographed photograph of George Pataki smiling outside the mosque as the canny campaigner working to get elected governor.

32.   And former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is the only black ever elected governor.

33.   But some liberal critics warned that giving the Kremlin the power to dismiss elected governors could lead to authoritarian rule.

34.   He will officially step down Saturday after completing a four-year term as the first popularly elected governor.

35.   If Yeltsin moves to oust Nazdratenko, it would be his first dismissal of an elected governor.

36.   It also provides for the president to dismiss elected governors and dissolve local legislatures that violate federal law.

37.   It also contains provisions for the president to dismiss elected governors and dissolve local legislatures whose policies are determined by courts to violate federal law.

38.   Looters rampaged through a fishing town and on Monday, police on Lombok fought rioters who were protesting against a newly elected governor.

39.   Other proposed bills would permit Putin to remove elected governors found by courts to have violated the law and suspend governors who face criminal charges.

40.   Solomon is a Republican appointee, and the newly elected governor, Jim McGreevey, is a Democrat.