41.   Since then, the atmosphere has grown more unstable as Indonesia moves uncertainly from a period of authoritarian rule toward the possibility of a more democratic and open system.

42.   Some historians suspect Gorbachev connived in the plot as part of a complicated strategy to drop his badly sagging liberal reforms and return to authoritarian rule.

43.   Some liberals here call that a euphemism for authoritarian rule.

44.   Spurning him and ostracizing his country are only likely to harden his authoritarian rule.

45.   Some privately express reservations about a peace process that would place them once again under the authoritarian rule of Syrian President Hafez Assad.

46.   Suharto, who has maintained authoritarian rule over the country for nearly four decades, kept the spotlight on trade.

47.   Syria and Libya are perhaps the best examples of rigid authoritarian Arab rule.

48.   The Communists have argued that the multinational force would only shore up support for Albanian President Sali Berisha, whose increasingly authoritarian rule has come under strong criticism.

49.   The officials said the increase was a direct result of the daily pro-democracy demonstrations in Belgrade and other cities against the authoritarian rule of Milosevic.

50.   The Reagan administration, seeking to combat communism, promoted Western-style institutions in countries under authoritarian rule.