41.   For the first time, Israel will be holding direct elections for the prime minister instead of voting for parties that then decide their own leadership.

42.   Fundamental political reforms and direct elections seem unlikely under Habibie, a central figure of the old power structure.

43.   He advocates the direct election of prime ministers and an amendment that would enable Japan to field a full-fledged army.

44.   His Republican colleague, Representative Ray LaHood of Illinois, has been arguing for years for the direct election of the president.

45.   His top priority is the creation of a more presidential system with direct elections of the prime minister.

46.   Here, most officials were chosen in free elections, and the first direct election of a president is six months away.

47.   In a direct presidential election, any state that chose to enfranchise its women would have automatically doubled its clout.

48.   In the past couple of years, they broadened the base of direct election for the Legislative Council as well as instituting a Bill of Rights for Hong Kong.

49.   In this election a direct election would have turned the entire country into a gigantic version of Palm Beach.