11.   Military defeat and repeated attacks from the air have not weakened his grip on power.

12.   Military defeat forced the Germans to repudiate their former leaders, and the Nuremberg tribunal delivered an unequivocal message of moral accountability.

13.   Moscow went to war to suppress a secessionist rebellion in Chechnya, then essentially conceded military defeat while refusing to accept Chechen independence.

14.   Nazi propaganda had succeeded in making the prospect of military defeat a terrifying vision.

15.   Some speculated that Bashar might be easier to deal with than his father, who had to carry the bruises from military defeats.

16.   That is military defeat.

17.   The military defeats come as Prime Minister Chandrika Kumaratunga faces elections next month.

18.   The Serbs are probably the only people in the world who commemorate a crushing military defeat as their greatest national holiday.

19.   Past military defeats have led to looting in the capital.

20.   Past military defeats have led to looting in the capital, but Kinshasa was calm Saturday with the exception of street-corner celebrations by Kabila supporters.