81.   Many were upset by an economic crisis, by election reforms that have helped rival parties and by an unprecedented series of opposition victories in state elections last year.

82.   Media restrictions might have sparked renewed street protests like those that lasted three months after Milosevic tried to annul opposition victories in municipal elections last November.

83.   Milosevic finally relented this week and ensured passage of a law recognizing the opposition victories.

84.   Milosevic has adamantly refused to concede opposition victory there.

85.   Milosevic and his pro-communist Socialists have been weakened by more than three months of street protests against his annulment of opposition election victories last November.

86.   Milosevic annuled opposition victories in Belgrade and many other towns, but had to back down in the face of daily protests.

87.   Milosevic annulled opposition victories in Belgrade and many other towns, but had to back down in the face of daily protests.

88.   Milosevic conceded the opposition victory only last week, following nearly three months of street protests and foreign pressure, the biggest challenge yet to his rule.

89.   Milosevic has defended the election process as fair, but publicly has been careful to keep a distance from the election commissions and courts that overturned the opposition victories.

90.   Milosevic has openly defended the election process as fair, but also has carefully kept his distance from the election commissions and courts that overturned opposition victories.