71.   And he offered to hold union elections.

72.   And national elections must be held by early November.

73.   And it refuses to hold an election until the workers are reinstated.

74.   And, faced with a choice between collapse, and holding elections while Karadzic and Mladic still exercised control, the officials chose the later.

75.   And Tudjman, although seriously ill with cancer, will probably be re-elected, when presidential elections are held sometime this summer.

76.   Annan suggested that he had no immediate solution to the problem but stressed that holding quick elections was not an easy answer.

77.   Annan did not commit himself to a date for elections but said he favored holding local elections first.

78.   Apart from showing that an election could be held, the voting appeared to have little political relevance.

79.   Aristide said he would push to hold presidential elections in November, but there is widespread doubt that the balloting can be organized by then.

80.   Arafat had hoped to hold elections before the end of this year so he could enter the final round of talks on a permanent settlement with a solid mandate.