1.   The older generation of hardline communists, irritated at being sidelined by younger reformists whose policies they question or oppose, deliberately wished to turn the clock back.

2.   But just five months later, in September, he resigned in a power struggle with hardline communists and in protest against plans to rapidly dismantle the colonial empire.

3.   He increasingly is promoting the hardline communists led by his powerful wife Mirjana Markovic, as he himself returns to his communist roots.

4.   Highly popular in the country, he was courted by both right and left, and hardline communists are not convinced by his candidacy.

5.   Hardline communists organised a rival demonstration starting from October Square.

6.   In a reference to the Russian revolution and the takeover by hardline communists, he also warned against another fratricidal civil war.

7.   Little by little, the hardline communists gave way, first setting up a government of national understanding with dissidents, then leaving the scene completely.

8.   Romano Prodi, leader of the Olive Tree coalition, is expected to secure a vote of confidence with the support of hardline communists.

9.   Romano Prodi, leader of the Olive Tree coalition, is expected to secure the vote, with the support of hardline communists.

10.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin has jettisoned the most prominent reformers in his cabinet as he gears up for presidential elections in June amid pressure from hardline communists and nationalists.