21.   A national referendum on Temelin was proposed, but it never materialized.

22.   A national referendum that might terminate the persistent recycling of Sylvester Stallone in ever more mindlessly violent vehicles is welcome indeed.

23.   British Prime Minister Tony Blair has ruled out joining the single currency for at least the next five years and then only after a national referendum on the issue.

24.   Both parties are highly skeptical of any early British entry into the system, and both promise that any eventual entry would be subject to a national referendum.

25.   But as much as any issue, it is a national referendum on school vouchers.

26.   But even that was jeopardized when Irish voters rejected the treaty in a national referendum.

27.   But he said he believes that creating a mechanism for national referendums would not be a major undertaking.

28.   But in recent months, battle lines have begun to be drawn for a national referendum next year on the issue, and distinct constituencies are consolidating their opposition.

29.   But the probe still could be reopened on new evidence, and Samper has offered to hold a national referendum on his presidency.

30.   Civic organizations gathered enough signatures to hold a national referendum on the matter, but the vote was blocked by Congress.