41.   However, a slight majority believes that the market economic reforms that accompanied the breakup have made it easier to buy food.

42.   However, Khatami has had to struggle for power against hard-liners, who hold a slight majority in the Majlis, or parliament.

43.   However, Khatami has had to wage a tug-of-war with hardliners, who hold a slight majority in the Majlis, or parliament.

44.   However, Khatami has been challenged by the hard-liners, who hold a slight majority in the Majlis, or parliament.

45.   In Iraq, Shiites are in a slight majority, but President Saddam Hussein and most other government leaders are Sunni.

46.   In the outgoing parliament, conservatives hold a slight majority.

47.   In the outgoing chamber, conservatives held a slight majority.

48.   Khatami has been struggling with the hard-liners, who accuse him of betraying the revolution and hold a slight majority in the Majlis, or parliament.

49.   Khatami also has been struggling with hard-liners, who accuse him of betraying the revolution and hold a slight majority in the Majlis, or parliament.

50.   More debate on the bill was expected later in the week in parliament, where hard-liners hold a slight majority.