1.   All this has vaulted Arafat to high levels of popularity among his people, where before many of them called him ineffectual and his government corrupt.

2.   But it was too early to say what the official tally would show in a balloting that critics charge has been corrupted by government vote-rigging.

3.   There is always a danger that government will corrupt the religion, and religion will corrupt the government.

4.   Sen. Jesse Helms has complained about Mexico for years, calling its drug-fighting efforts inadequate and its government corrupt.