71.   If the elections go forward, Abacha is expected to run for the civilian presidency.

72.   If the election goes to a second round, pollsters say the result could go either way.

73.   If the gubernatorial elections go off as promised, Usman says, it will be a modest step toward representative government for a population weary of army rule.

74.   If elections for a shura council go ahead, Qatar will join Kuwait as the only two Gulf Arab states with elected parliaments.

75.   Israel has reportedly offered several compromises that would allow Palestinian elections to go ahead without a total Israeli withdrawal.

76.   Koljevic refused to predict how he thought elections would go, and was skeptical the vote would occur as planned.

77.   Kornblum, and U.S. State Department officials in Washington, said Thursday that the elections must go ahead.

78.   Koljevic refused to predict how he thought elections would go and was skeptical the vote would occur as planned.

79.   Kornblum and U.S. State Department officials in Washington said Thursday that the elections must go ahead.

80.   McNamara suggests Washington could have averted war had the elections gone ahead.