11.   After Communist governments took power in Cuba and Vietnam, some foreign depositors were able to recover their money after filing suit in the United States.

12.   After the Tiananmen massacre, the Bush administration imposed an array of sanctions on China, prohibiting investments and trade with its Communist government, although commercial activity continued.

13.   After the Communist government fell, there was talk of nominating Masur for the presidency of East Germany, but he always dismissed such speculation.

14.   Born in the provinces, he retains a visceral dislike for the tainted elites of the capital who he says collaborated with the old communist government.

15.   But certainly, a hungry, suffering electorate might vote Communist governments into power.

16.   But China is unlikely to pose any ultimatums that could lead to a serious break in relations or endanger the Communist government, diplomats say.

17.   But emotionally, having battled North Korea for decades, many people here would relish seeing the Communist government collapse.

18.   But it has been unclear whether the Communist government in Pyongyang actually possesses any bombs or the ability to launch them.

19.   But many opponents charge that his party has increasingly become a vehicle for an Islamic authoritarianism marked by the habits of communist government.

20.   But the Clinton administration has insisted that it will lift economic sanctions against Cuba only when the Communist government takes concrete steps to democratize its political system.