1.   Bouchard vowed to call another referendum when conditions were right.

2.   His gamble of calling a referendum totally backfired, rivals said.

3.   Independently of this process, the Federal Assembly would discuss calling a referendum in December.

4.   In June, when French President Franois Mitterrand called the referendum, opinion polls indicated a two-thirds majority in favour of ratification.

5.   Before the election, Blair said he expected to decide within two years whether to take the most pivotal step, calling a referendum on adopting the euro.

6.   Chirac unsettled financial markets Thursday by saying that he would call another referendum to ratify changes in the treaty that are to be negotiated next year.

7.   If, as polls predict, his coalition wins the election, he has said he intends to call a referendum on independence for the summer.

8.   Indignant letters from the public caused the board to postpone the concert indefinitely and call a referendum among subscribers.

9.   Many political analysts and foreign diplomats here are puzzled why Musharraf even called the referendum.