41.   Although Kim questioned the authenticity of the letter, it helped pull down his popularity ratings briefly two weeks before the election.

42.   And despite the wave of protests, he has sustained high personal popularity ratings, especially among the poor.

43.   Banzer is not held in particularly high regard by many in Bolivia, and his popularity ratings have remained low ever since he assumed office four years ago.

44.   Boris Yeltsin, whose popularity ratings have been steadily climbing, now has surged ahead and leads all presidential candidates for the first time in a nationwide poll.

45.   But after years of high popularity ratings, polls now show that only about one in three Peruvians approve of his performance as president.

46.   But he has all but vanished from Russian media, and his popularity ratings have declined.

47.   But his unusually high popularity ratings may dissipate fast if the economy shows no signs of improving.

48.   But her popularity ratings sank after she accepted the endorsement of a discredited traditional political party, the social Christian COPEI.

49.   But political observers had felt he might still use his high popularity rating in opinion polls to launch a candidacy for prime minister.

50.   But his popularity ratings have declined over the past year, and Russian media have largely ignored him.