31.   His party had lost control of the Senate and, for the first time in four decades, of the House.

32.   His party lost the support of the Social Christian Party when Dahik accused a former Social Christian administration of murder and corruption.

33.   His difficulty pushing his programs through a proudly independent Congress was evident even before his party lost its decades-old majority.

34.   House Speaker Newt Gingrich and other Capitol Hill leaders have voiced fears the party could lose its congressional majority with Buchanan leading the ticket.

35.   If the party lost here, it would be as if the political heavens had snuffed it.

36.   If your political party has lost its dominance, what better place than Texas to learn from a similiar experience?

37.   In a long, unbroken tradition, Mexican presidents from the governing party have chosen their own successors, and the party has never lost a presidential vote.

38.   In March, Berisha said he would resign if his party lost the elections.

39.   In Poland, the party would have lost a plebiscite.

40.   In litigation, parties often lose the right to raise an issue on appeal if they failed to make the argument in a lower court.