31.   It is easy to foresee that in the coming months the popularity of an already unpopular government will be put to some hard tests.

32.   It was designed to revive the fortunes of the unpopular Conservative government.

33.   It also marked the most serious challenge to the increasingly unpopular government of President Fernando De la Rua.

34.   It was unclear whether the housecleanings of unpopular government figures will help Yeltsin.

35.   Like a recurring nightmare, Prime Minister John Major faces a new parliamentary showdown with anti-European rebels who could bring down his unpopular Conservative government.

36.   Major, faced with charges of sleaze surrounding his already unpopular government, ordered an investigation by a committee headed by a judge.

37.   Minutes after the vote, Ecuadoreans poured through the streets in caravans honking horns and chanting victory against an unpopular government.

38.   President Boris Yeltsin was looking Friday for signs that his housecleaning of unpopular government figures will boost his chances in a crucial runoff less than two weeks away.

39.   Prime Minister John Major supports his ministers, while critics retort that his deeply unpopular government is blaming the messenger.

40.   The bleak figures increase pressure on the unpopular government of Prime Minister Alain Juppe, which faces a rash of strikes and demonstrations across France.