21.   At a meeting last week, Yilmaz and his coalition partners decided that some sections of the new report should not be released.

22.   At a news conference Friday, Chuan said he and his remaining coalition partners could not find an acceptable way to retain power.

23.   At a long, late evening press conference, Haider seemed surer than his coalition partner, Foreign Minister Wolfgang Schuessel, that the deal would hold.

24.   Barak will want the Palestinians and surrounding Arab states as silent coalition partners as well.

25.   Berlusconi, under pressure from his coalition partners, suggested on Monday that he might yield to critics and alter the language of the decree.

26.   A firm majority would also give Hashimoto the freedom to pursue the more assertive foreign policy he seems to desire instead of always consulting with coalition partners.

27.   A few days before the election, he even suggested that his party would not participate in a government if it had to accept a coalition partner.

28.   A narrower margin would mean painful negotiations with coalition partners and pressure from those opposed to independence.

29.   A political consultant and a former ranking Foreign Ministry official, Fergus Finlay, said to survive Ahern might have to find another coalition partner in the next election.

30.   A tax increase of any kind is also strongly opposed by the junior coalition partner, the Free Democratic Party.