1.   Athletes born when the Soviet Union was already dying stood at attention to the strains of the old Soviet anthem, though the words were different now.

2.   But when he heard the old anthem, he said, he still felt the excitement of the old years.

3.   Ri began to sing an old anthem calling for reunification of the Koreas, and his relatives joined in, crying as they sang.

4.   The service ended with four rousing choruses of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, the great old anthem of the American Civil War.

5.   They want the old Soviet anthem, the red flag and the hammer and sickle.

6.   However, Putin has been more amenable to restoring Soviet-era symbols and the Kremlin led the campaign to bring back the old anthem.

7.   Krichevskaya and her husband voted for Russian President Vladimir Putin last year, but said they were disappointed when he restored the music of the old Soviet anthem.

8.   Putin also cited opinion polls showing that most people favor the old Soviet anthem.

9.   The man who brought Putin to power, former President Boris Yeltsin, strongly criticized the restoration of the old anthem.

10.   Yeltsin also sharply criticized Putin for his proposal to restore the music of the old Soviet anthem as the Russian anthem, a move approved by parliament Friday.