21.   Chirac defeated Socialist candidate Lionel Jospin with populist rhetoric during an arduous grassroots campaign.

22.   Despite having toned down his populist rhetoric, Chavez still wants to dissolve Congress and trash the current constitution in favor of a new one.

23.   In recent months, he has tried to moderate his populist rhetoric, promising fiscal discipline and fair treatment of foreign investors.

24.   Interethnic and intercommunal relations are put under great strain as demagogues resort to populist rhetoric tinged with scapegoatism against minorities.

25.   Now, Venezuela is alive with talk of Chavez, whose populist rhetoric has alarmed the wealthy and won over millions of supporters in the shantytowns.

26.   The victorious Homeland Union, headed by fiery opposition leader Vytautas Landsbergis, may also have benefited from its populist rhetoric painting the government as too pro-Russian.

27.   The victorious Homeland Union, headed by fiery opposition leader Vytautas Landsbergis, may also have benefitted from populist rhetoric painting the government as too pro-Russian.

28.   Then he toned down his fiery populist rhetoric and sat down with bankers and oil executives.

29.   Yet his populist rhetoric continues to ensure him a loyal following and opinion polls forecast that he would win a referendum.