1.   Longtime Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin was quick to absorb the lesson.

2.   It was just under a year ago that Laurent Kabila drove the longtime Zairian ruler, Mobutu Sese Seko, from power.

3.   Zaire, the third largest country in Africa, came ever closer to toppling its longtime ruler last week.

4.   Pavle also appealed indirectly to Bulatovic to prove that longtime rulers could be changed without violence.

5.   Appearing firmly in charge, Kim Jong Il held center stage Monday at a memorial service for his late father, longtime North Korean ruler Kim Il Sung.

6.   But the longtime ruler maintains the key support of the powerful military.

7.   Campus activists also want democratic change and the ouster of their longtime ruler, President Suharto.

8.   China and Zaire lost longtime rulers.

9.   During the communist era, many senior politicians, including longtime ruler Todor Zhivkov, are said to have consulted Vanga before key decisions.