21.   Last year, Peru managed to replace Alberto Fujimori, a corrupt dictator, in a democratic transition, but now faces severe economic problems.

22.   Most important, people have recognized that corruption is a major obstacle to democratic transitions, market economies and development.

23.   On the other hand, Taiwan and South Korea remain examples of relatively successful democratic transitions following from successful economic transformations.

24.   Opponents said his tactics were unfair and some analysts thought developments in Russia were beginning to look less like a democratic transition than a creeping coup.

25.   Outsiders should do all they can to encourage a genuine democratic transition in Peru.

26.   Such an initiative would help to ease this very dramatic moment, avoiding a dangerous division in Russian society and assuring a democratic transition from one team to another.

27.   The departing president, Ernesto Zedillo, deserves credit for enabling the democratic transition and for handing his successor a strong economy.

28.   This is particularly so as the country staggers through an uncertain democratic transition.

29.   This was to become the guiding principle behind the democratic transition in Spain and an inspiration to other countries evolving from totalitarian governments to democracy.

30.   While Americans swap allegations of electoral malpractice, south of the Rio Grande an unprecedented democratic transition is taking place.