71.  National elections are due by the end of the year, and the governing coalition is trailing in polls.

72.  Necmettin Erbakan, the leader of the Welfare Party, said that in light of the ruling, he should be given an opportunity to form a governing coalition.

73.  Now that Barak is home, his immediate problem is assembling a new governing coalition.

74.  Now the LDP is part of the governing coalition that includes its old foes from the Socialist Party.

75.  Nishimura was appointed earlier this month in a government shuffle when Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi formed the largest governing coalition in postwar Japanese history.

76.  Officials inside and outside the fragile six-party governing coalition criticized his reluctance to devalue the currency and seek aid from the International Monetary Fund.

77.  On Saturday night, Klaus said he did not expect to be asked to become a partner in a governing coalition.

78.  On the state level, the party could become part of a governing coalition for the first time since Germany was reunited.

79.  On Wednesday morning Cardoso is to announce the austerity measures in a closed-door meeting with Congressional leaders from his governing coalition.

80.  Opposition and governing coalition legislators today resumed negotiations on re-opening the budget bill.