41.   So far, Syrian officials are showing a hesitancy typical of authoritarian regimes confronted with a new technology.

42.   The clear trend has been for authoritarian regimes to be replaced by messy, flawed democracies.

43.   The development of flawed democracies is still considered progress to people carrying the physical and mental scars left by authoritarian regimes.

44.   The Middle East, perhaps more than any other region, is still ruled by authoritarian regimes.

45.   These protests in Serbia are the first mature example of the Internet playing a role in a popular uprising against an authoritarian regime.

46.   Throughout the Cold War, Washington supported a succession of authoritarian regimes.

47.   This was the first mature example of the Internet playing a role in a popular uprising against an authoritarian regime.

48.   To create these, he often borrows forms from the iconography of ancient authoritarian regimes.

49.   To others, such overt military pressure on a fairly elected president represents the difference between a coup and a legitimate overthrow of an authoritarian regime.

50.   What might sound standard elsewhere is revolutionary in Syria, whose authoritarian regime has steadfastly skirted the information highway.