21.   He said he would expect Prime Minister Jozef Oleksy, a former Communist provincial boss, to resign.

22.   His novel has an absurd no-hoper as the main character who becomes a Stasi agent and gives blood to help keep Communist boss Erich Honecker alive.

23.   His rivals, such as warlord Dzhaba Ioseliani or Jumber Patiashvili, another Soviet-era Communist boss, are not expected to present a real challenge.

24.   His rivals, such as warlord Dzhaba Ioseliani or Jumber Patiashvili, another Soviet-era Communist boss, are hardly expected to present a real challenge for Shevardnadze.

25.   In some places, the new rich have simply taken the place of communist bosses who found sports an easy way to pad their bank accounts.

26.   Karimov runs the country in the style of a Communist boss, brooks no dissent and has clamped down on non-state sanctioned Islamic groups.

27.   Modrow, Communist boss in Dresden at the time, is now honorary chairman of the remade communist Party of Democratic Socialism.

28.   Oleksy, the former provincial Communist party boss, became prime minister in February, leading a government backed by a leftist parliamentary majority.

29.   Oleksy, a former provincial communist party boss, became prime minister in February, heading a government backed by a leftist parliamentary majority.

30.   Oleksy, a former provincial communist party boss, has acknowledged frequent contacts with Soviet and Russian diplomats.