21.   Nine Democrats broke party ranks in voting for the repeal, while four Republicans split from the GOP in opposing the measure.

22.   No one knows how many voters will break party ranks on election day.

23.   Outside the party ranks, the House contest is viewed as a tossup.

24.   Rather, he continued, desire for change is bubbling up through party ranks from the popular bases, infecting all within as it goes.

25.   Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott, meanwhile, acknowledged today that the division within his party ranks on tax cuts have hurt Republicans and made them look more vulnerable.

26.   Soviet medical care was rationed by party rank and loyalty.

27.   Specter was among three Republicans to announce Wednesday he will break party ranks when senators vote on the two articles of impeachment.

28.   Tax cuts, long the unifying mantra of Republicans, now threaten to split party ranks, setting social conservatives against the business community and Wall Street.

29.   That has prompted the vice president to personally contact dozens of influential party leaders in an effort to close party ranks.

30.   The election follows a meteoric rise up the party ranks.