81.   But Aleksander Kwasniewski, leader of the former communists, rejected the accusations and blamed Walesa for the Cabinet crisis.

82.   Bulgarians blaming the Socialist party of former communists for their economic misery were expected to deal them a crushing defeat Saturday in early parliamentary elections.

83.   But left with the choice between a former communist and an extreme nationalist, many Romanians believed Iliescu provided the better chance to enter the European mainstream.

84.   But his ruling Social Democracy Party, made up largely of former communists, are competing in parliamentary elections the same day.

85.   But Gligorov, a former communist whose political allies lost control of parliament in November, is largely powerless when it comes to setting foreign policy.

86.   But many voters fear a Kwasniewski victory would return Poland to the former communists.

87.   But party leaders have rejected an alliance with the former communists.

88.   But on the day after the victory of a coalition headed by former communists, seeds of discord sprout.

89.   But others have said giving the former East German communists a strong role in the capital would actually be a healing move.

90.   But here, the former communists never made a clean break with the past, and many Bulgarians felt comfortable enough to keep voting for them.