1.   He has sometimes even managed to overshadow the always demure President Fernando de la Rua, who campaigned promising a new style of government.

2.   Although he campaigned promising a return to Peronist ideals of state control of the economy, he instead turned Argentina into a free-market success.

3.   Barak campaigned promising to withdraw by next July from a security zone that Israel occupies to protect its northern villages from cross-border attacks.

4.   Fernandez, who took office in August, campaigned promising to improve relations with French-speaking Haiti.

5.   He campaigned promising to eradicate the corruption that was the rule in the former administration.