71.   For the past two decades, the country has been ruled by discredited communists, feuding warlords and the Taliban.

72.   Gangster morals rule their country.

73.   He is seen as a pacifist, in stark contrast to the warlords and Islamic fundamentalists who have ruled the country ever since.

74.   He rules a country that should be living the good life, thriving on huge oil reserves.

75.   He said Yeltsin, who is recovering from heart trouble at a sanatorium outside Moscow, is surrounded by doctors and bodyguards and incapable of ruling the country.

76.   He said Chubais effectively rules the country and aspires to be president.

77.   Heavily armed troops surrounded the parliament building in this South Pacific paradise Saturday, where insurgents claiming they were ruling the country held government leaders hostage.

78.   His approval ratings are in the low single digits, and many Russians wrote him off as unfit to rule the country a long time ago.

79.   His predecessor, Suharto, had ruled the country with an iron fist for more than three decades.

80.   His Social Democratic minority government has ruled the country for four years.