41.   The NATO view is that Macedonia would be in far worse shape if the parliament failed to back the accord.

42.   The parliament failed to pass the document in mid-November.

43.   The rightist parliament failed Tuesday to override the president on a budget issue that pitted sex education against the competing priority of flood-damage repair.

44.   Though he risks splitting his party by supporting it, calls for him to quit would probably be overwhelming if parliament fails to pass it.

45.   Ukraine will face U.S. trade sanctions if the parliament fails to approve legislation to aimed at combatting piracy of compact discs by mid-December, U.S. AmbassadorCarlos Pascual said Wednesday.

46.   Twice this year, the divided parliament failed to muster the two-thirds majority needed to elect a new president.

47.   Twice this year, the parliament failed to elect a new president.

48.   When parliament failed to pass a no-confidence vote in his government Saturday, a triumphant Chernomyrdin declared there were no winners or losers.

49.   If parliament fails to reach agreement, Dini would be forced to retender his resignation to Scalfaro.

50.   If the parliament fails to elect a prime minister-designate, then a government of technocrats can be formed or early elections held.