1.   Sinn Fein is, in fact, a legal political party that is allied with the IRA.

2.   But they took revenge Tuesday, persuading a Djindjic allied party to join them and the ultranationalist Radicals to vote Djindjic out of office.

3.   He could not prevent his Agrarian allies from campaigning on their own, and his efforts to ally his party with the popular, conservative Gen. Alexander Lebed failed.

4.   His party is allied with the outlawed Ulster Volunteer Force, while the Ulster Democrats are linked with the Ulster Defense Association, which is also banned.

5.   McMichael, whose party is allied with the outlawed Ulster Defense Association, met with Mowlam in London Wednesday.

6.   Mrs. Ciller allied her party with Welfare to try to save her political career.

7.   The party was initially allied with the military, but later broke away because its goals and those of the soldiers differed, the witness said.

8.   To govern, Jospin would likely have to ally his party with the Communists, who have expressed hostility toward the euro.

9.   The PPI is split between left- and right-leaning factions, with some favouring Prodi while Buttiglione prefers to ally the party with Berlusconi.