1.   Thaksin needs a large amount of funds if he is to honour the populist promises that got him elected.

2.   It no longer delivered on the populist promises of its founders.

3.   His populist promises include debt write-offs for farmers, businesses and banks.

4.   In recent months, the Kremlin has gushed money to pay back wages and pensions, and to fulfill populist spending promises all along the campaign trail.

5.   In the past few weeks, Yeltsin has tried to parry the proven appeal of the Communist message with lavish populist promises of his own.

6.   Some observers say the absence of debate could flood the airwaves with populist promises and demagoguery.

7.   Spicing harsh anti-Communist rhetoric with populist promises, President Boris Yeltsin trotted through a series of carefully scripted campaign stops Friday in the city of Yaroslavl.

8.   The Communists harnessed populist promises to this rising nostalgia in December to emerge as the top vote-getters in the parliamentary election.

9.   The president also warned lawmakers against making populist promises in attempts to win re-election and allowing the campaign to interfere with their work.

10.   More economic troubles loom even if Thaksin has kept certain populist promises to aid the rural economy.