51.   They would have to navigate the narrow straits between the shoals of conservative opposition on one side and political correctness on the other.

52.   Unionists and the Conservative opposition in the British Parliament had called on Mowlam to halt the early release of IRA prisoners that is mandated under the Good Friday Agreement.

53.   Zedillo has proposed a series of constitutional reforms specifying special Indian rights -- a proposal he hopes will win the backing of enough conservative opposition votes to become law.

54.   Opinion polls indicate the leading conservative opposition Popular Party would be voted into office if elections were held now.

55.   Politicians of the conservative opposition Christian Democratic Union have proposed using it for government travel.

56.   Premier Costas Simitis won his bid Sunday to lead his Socialist party to a fresh four-year mandate, beating down a strong challenge by the conservative opposition.

57.   Peres is running for premier against conservative opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

58.   Papandreou made his remarks after the conservative opposition demanded an explanation for the agreement Greece signed with the republic.

59.   Parliament earier this week approved the troops deployment, which began Friday, but only after the conservative opposition gave the mission its support.

60.   Pressure on Schroeder to seize the initiative has grown since the conservative opposition last week nominated a challenger, Bavarian governor Edmund Stoiber, with a strong economic record.