31.   But that ragtag coalition is hardly a juggernaut, as a battle in another Afghan town showed.

32.   But the coalition might be able to flex its muscle more with George W. Bush, who has vowed to try to bring the parties together in Washington.

33.   But unlike recent presidential years, when the group united behind the establishment front-runner, the coalition is in tatters.

34.   By bringing so many groups together, the coalition has been able to unleash waves of constituents on members of Congress at regular intervals.

35.   Civil rights leaders, pondering the growing legal challenges to anti-school segregation measures, agreed Monday that new coalitions among minorities are vital to halt further losses.

36.   Coalition is a game played by nearly all Russian presidential candidates.

37.   Coalitions are not marriages, especially in wartime.

38.   Effective coalitions are a consequence of, not an alternative to, U.S. leadership.

39.   Exploded was the coalition of interest groups and experts who seemed for a brief moment to have the clout to get the Clinton health plan passed.

40.   Few run nationwide, no single party can muster a parliamentary majority and coalitions are essential.