31.   Control over the media is crucial for Milosevic, whose popularity has plummeted during more than three months of demonstrations, most of which ended last month.

32.   Deputy prime minister Winston Peters, whose personal and party popularity has plummeted in the polls, on Wednesday was rebuked by Parliament for assaulting another legislator.

33.   Deputy prime minister Winston Peters, whose personal and party popularity has plummeted in the polls, on Wednesday was rebuked by a Parliamentary committee for assaulting another legislator.

34.   His popularity has plummeted in the last two years over his erratic leadership style, the war in Chechnya and economic troubles.

35.   His popularity plummeted and he was replaced by Aleksander Kwasniewski, a youthful minister from the last communist government.

36.   His popularity has plummeted in recent years, especially after the start of war in the rebel republic of Chechnya.

37.   His popularity has plummeted in recent months, and he could face defeat at the polls.

38.   His popularity has plummeted, especially since the outbreak of war seven months ago in breakaway Chechnya.

39.   His popularity plummeted during the economic stagnation and the political instability that followed.

40.   His popularity has plummeted, especially since the outbreak of war seven months ago in Chechnya.