21.   The case is like a trip back in time, to a decade dominated by an unpopular war.

22.   The protest in Grozny comes as the embattled President, Boris N. Yeltsin, has promised to start a peace initiative to end the unpopular war.

23.   The stepped-up fighting comes less than a week after Yeltsin announced his intention to seek re-election and promised to arrive at an early solution to the widely unpopular war.

24.   Their signs accused Yeltsin of shedding the blood of thousands in the unpopular war in secessionist Chechnya, and of being a tool of the Americans.

25.   These grown-up juveniles were using the unpopular war as an excuse to avoid acting like adults, which admittedly can be a bummer.

26.   They were viewed as political statements, condemning an unpopular war fought under a cloud of suspicious political judgments.

27.   A year later Menachem Begin resigned and became a recluse, fueling speculation that he was bitter about the course of the unpopular war.

28.   After the start of the widely unpopular Chechen war in December, Yeltsin remained largely in seclusion for months, appearing only at official ceremonies.

29.   Although the pullout comes as a relief to people on both sides sick of the unpopular war, it is difficult for a few to accept.

30.   Boris Yeltsin goes before parliament Thursday as a president waging an unpopular war and battling persistent doubts both at home and abroad about his fitness for office.