1.   For example, the institutes have led neutral preparations for and monitoring of foreign elections that have established the legitimacy of victories by both pro-U.S. and anti-U.S. parties.

2.   Gargotena contended that the government had no need to establish its legitimacy.

3.   Habibie, a longtime protege of Suharto, has waged a mostly futile battle to establish legitimacy since being thrust into office.

4.   The House managers were fighting to establish legitimacy in two respects, said Michael Gerhardt, a law professor at the College of William and Mary.

5.   This week, with hundreds of people looking on, ICANN will try to establish its legitimacy by making pubic, well-reasoned decisions on domain names.

6.   Hun Sen needs the elections to establish international legitimacy and to win back vital foreign aid cut in response to his takeover.

7.   The elections are seen as crucial for Hun Sen to establish international legitimacy.

8.   He said the Porto Alegre gathering, now in its second-straight year, had established its legitimacy in drawing a great number of politicians to Brazil.