71.   Some governments had to curb welfare programs or, when faced with powerful lobbies such as trade unions, to drop needed reforms to fix ailing economies.

72.   Still, the powerful union lobby in Germany says it hopes Schroeder sticks to his pledge not to change any laws.

73.   The bill faces stiff opposition from the Roman Catholic clergy and an increasingly powerful lobby of evangelical Christian lawmakers and other conservative deputies.

74.   The bill is considered a political hot potato, pitching smog-weary citizens against powerful lobby groups representing the trucking, oil and automobile industries.

75.   The demand for the return of U.S. bases has long been a theme among Japanese pacifists, a powerful lobby.

76.   The pacifist movement is a powerful lobby group in Japan, and the slightest sign of heightened military might draws nervous protest from Asian neighbors.

77.   The legislation is supported by powerful lobbies from the tourist industry.

78.   The pacifist movement is a powerful lobby group, and the slightest sign of heightened military might draws nervous protest from Asian neighbors.

79.   The society is a powerful lobby representing landowners and cattle ranchers.

80.   The tens of thousands of government-designated garages have formed a powerful political lobby that resists any change.