11.  The tradition whereby legislators tended to defect to the governing party following an election, however, meant that such assessments were liable to frequent change.

12.  The machinery of the governing party itself was one of the first targets of rationalization.

13.  Although party politics in Bosnia are usually played out along ethnic lines and membership in the governing party is nearly exclusively Muslim, many members are not strongly religious.

14.  An opposition candidate, Vicente Fox Quesada, was virtually tied in the polls with the nominee of the governing party, Francisco Labastida Ochoa.

15.  And it seems to indicate, diplomats said, a depth of feeling within the governing party that confrontation could be a fatal mistake.

16.  And most watch in disgust as the few jobs available in the three ethnic regions go to supporters of the three governing parties.

17.  And the occasion gave Mbeki and his governing party, the African National Congress, a shining accomplishment to show off.

18.  Arias is a member of the governing party, known by the acronym PRI.

19.  Another strike might force the governing party to oust Mugabe, Tsvangirai says.

20.  As a result, his speeches emphasize the economic failures and corruption of the current governing parties.