31.   Fujimori appeared to relish the reappearance of Garcia as an opposition figure whom he can easily outmaneuver.

32.   Habibie seized on the violent crackdown as a pretext for interrogating several opposition political figures.

33.   Habibie did try to reach out to some opposition figures, most notably Kwik Kian Gie, a chief adviser to Ms. Megawati.

34.   His refusal to denounce the NATO bombing over Kosovo and his willingness to provide refuge to Serbian opposition figures defined his break with Milosevic permanently.

35.   If anything, many Israelis were unenthusiastic and even hostile, and not just opposition figures.

36.   In a letter to former President Clinton in December, Aristide pledged to include opposition figures in his government and appoint a new provisional electoral council.

37.   In an odd scene in an advanced democracy, opposition figures are scrambling to figure out what party they should be members of.

38.   In recent weeks, leading political opposition figures in Mostar have been threatened, shot at and beaten.

39.   In the opposition daily newspaper, Narodnaya Volya, Anatoly Lebedko, a leading opposition figure, sarcastically challenged voters to shed apathy.

40.   Indeed he could, for unlawful interference, Challe replied in a formal opinion that was distributed to the opposition figures on Monday.