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

52.   Perhaps while we speak out against authoritarian regimes we should also be concerned about the dictatorship of the market.

53.   A decision is expected Friday on whether Pinochet can be extradited from Britain to Spain to face charges of human rights violations during his authoritarian regime.

54.   A decade ago, workers walked off their jobs and battled police over what they saw as the repressive policies of an authoritarian military regime.

55.   All the former Communist countries faced similar problems when their authoritarian regimes collapsed.

56.   Among them was Belarus, where an authoritarian regime could threaten regional stability.

57.   And if so, does it not follow that an authoritarian regime, a dictatorship or a totalitarian system are preferable to democracy after all?

58.   Armed with computers, modems and Internet accounts, hundreds of social and political activists around the globe are waging propaganda wars on the authoritarian regimes of Asia.

59.   As a former opposition leader, he denounced past authoritarian regimes for what he called excessive and brutal use of police force.

60.   As well as economic woes, the fighting raises the specter of another authoritarian regime being installed in Moscow.