61.   He won, but he did so by humiliating his coalition partner, forcing the Greens to sacrifice principle for power and appear to be hypocrites.

62.   His coalition partners disagree on just about everything from economic policy to the ever-present question of who is eligible to immigrate to Israel.

63.   His principal coalition partners, the Labor Party of Deputy Prime Minister Dick Spring, also conceded the victory to Ahern.

64.   His chief coalition partner and foreign minister, Tansu Ciller, sharply criticized the Libyan trip and threatened to resign, a step that would bring down the government.

65.   His coalition partner, the Northern League of Umberto Bossi, chose that moment to break with him.

66.   His coalition partners remain lukewarm about the proposals, the opposition parties reject them and divisions have emerged within the anti-abortion movement.

67.   His Green coalition partners are strongly against.

68.   His labor union supporters and his Communist coalition partners had demanded an increase twice as big.

69.   His two principal coalition partners, the Northern League and the neo-Fascist National Alliance, are openly forecasting a government rupture within weeks.

70.   His centrist coalition partners, the Free Democrats, threatened to quit the government if Medgyessy did not tell the truth about his past.