71.   The incumbent president, Jacques Chirac, and the Socialist prime minister, Lionel Jospin, are the main contenders in the coming elections.

72.   The Islamic opposition is reported to be split between militants who reject the Israeli-Palestinian agreement and moderates who want to take part in the coming elections.

73.   The issue of Jerusalem has stirred the coals of religious conflict in the coming election for prime minister.

74.   The plan could backfire, however, if the governor accepts the austere budget and spends the surplus it would produce during the coming election year.

75.   The SDP aims to make monetary union a main issue in coming elections.

76.   The surest way to make talk of impeachment go away is for Democrats to make big advances in the coming election.

77.   The winning party is going to have a razor-thin majority and could easily face going back to the minority in coming elections, he added.

78.   There was no begging or visible malnutrition, but there was a freely voiced hope that the coming elections would bring positive change.

79.   They are the leading Bosnian Serb opposition figures in the coming elections in the Serbian-controlled area of Bosnia.

80.   They said the event is, in part, a grand photo opportunity for Democrats to boost their chances in the coming election.