81.   In exchange, they want the major Protestant party, the Ulster Unionists, to resume working alongside Sinn Fein within the suspended four-party administration before any disarmament happens.

82.   It and a smaller Protestant party, the United Kingdom Unionists, immediately pulled out, leaving only their own note-taker behind.

83.   It makes Trimble an unlikely figure to ease communal tensions or recruit Catholic support to his overwhelmingly Protestant party.

84.   John Taylor, deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, the main Protestant party in Northern Ireland, said the decision was reckless and went against police advice.

85.   Ken Maginnis, lawmaker for the main Protestant party, the Ulster Unionists, told Sky Television News.

86.   Leaders of fringe Protestant parties called on the Irish Republican Army Friday night to commit itself to real peace in this British-ruled province.

87.   Like the absent Ulster Unionists, two harder-line Protestant parties in attendance refused to nominate candidates.

88.   On the day the parties were to nominate ministers in the new Cabinet, the main Protestant party, the Ulster Unionists, boycotted the session.

89.   One widely held fear, however, is that if one Protestant party is expelled, it would trigger a domino effect.

90.   On Wednesday, the Rev. Ian Paisley, firebrand leader of an extremist Protestant party, joined Catholic politicians in calling for greater vigilance.