31.   It is also a reminder of unfinished business, of a yearning for liberty frustrated by new forms of authoritarian rule.

32.   It took less than ten minutes to dispense with the formalities of ending more than three decades of authoritarian rule in Indonesia.

33.   It was encouraging to hear him renounce a return to authoritarian rule earlier this summer, and to commit himself to the protection of political and economic freedoms.

34.   It overlooked the facts that he dismissed Congress, suspended civil liberties and presided over eight years of authoritarian rule.

35.   Its leaders brush off fears of a return to authoritarian rule, but are divided on the pace of privatizing state-owned industries.

36.   Koreans, after years of authoritarian rule, are eager to see misconduct and corruption exposed and pursued.

37.   Many of the states that have emerged from authoritarian rule depend on Western governments to cover the costs of their elections and ordinary budget items.

38.   Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia has never had much tolerance for criticism or for the legal rights of those who challenge his authoritarian rule.

39.   Quoting Communist Party classics, Wei, ever full of subtle suggestions and tart political observation, identified and made fun of the defects in authoritarian rule.

40.   Second, consider the burning issue of the continuing pressure exerted by the perpetrators of authoritarian rule.