21.   Marta Beatriz Roque, an economist who opposes the drive, left the meeting with a conciliatory tone about the referendum campaign.

22.   Polls show that while support for secession has risen through the referendum campaign, there remain a large number of undecided voters.

23.   Should TEAM get the signatures for a referendum campaign, it could easily become a multimillion-dollar fight.

24.   The federalist forces won the hard-fought referendum campaign that the separatist Parti Quebecois hoped would lead to Quebec independence.

25.   The vote ended a frenzied and bitter referendum campaign that divided families and neighborhoods and caused all Canadians to wonder whether their country would eventually disintegrate.

26.   Yet in the final weeks of the referendum campaign, Parizeau promised that a yes vote would bring no sales or income tax increases for at least two years.

27.   Prime Minister Jean Chretien pledged during the final tense days of the referendum campaign that he would seek special status for the province.

28.   At the start of the referendum campaign, it seemed the government proposal would easily pass.

29.   Bouchard, the separatist leader in Parliament, was the star of the referendum campaign, eclipsing Parizeau with his fiery speechmaking.

30.   Bouchard, the separatist leader in Parliament, was the star of the referendum campaign, eclipsing Parizeau with his fiery speech-making.