51.   The Russian presidential election takes place against a backdrop of a resurgent communist party.

52.   The Supreme Court granted a stay of that ruling in September, permitting the November elections to take place under the existing district lines.

53.   Then NATO will meet in December to decide conditions for new members while the Russian parliamentary elections are taking place.

54.   This already bizarre election could take one more erratic turn and hand the presidency to a man who has twice conceded the election.

55.   This election has taken place only two years after the partisan trauma of impeachment.

56.   True, by the time of the economic crisis another election had taken place, and the winner, Ernesto Zedillo, surely really did win.

57.   Parliamentary elections took place in the rest of Russia last December, when federal forces and rebels were engaged in fierce fighting.

58.   Palestinians said elections could not take place while Israeli forces remained inside Palestinian areas.

59.   PLO officials say Arafat would consider a phased pullout but insist elections can only take place once all soldiers have withdrawn.

60.   After doing so, he asked if they wanted him to also say that Truman had won, just in case the election took a turn.