31.  Most of the other votes are expected to be divided between four major secular parties.

32.  Premier-designate Mesut Yilmaz began his campaign in earnest Monday to form a government, appealing to secular parties to join forces and exclude the Islamic party.

33.  Ran Cohen, an ex-army colonel and a leader of the secular Meretz party, said Lau went too far in his ruling.

34.  Secular parties take on Islamic movement.

35.  Sarid is the leader of the secular Meretz party, an ideological rival of Shas.

36.  Sarid, who heads the secular Meretz party, says the system is bankrupt because of mismanagement, and wants future funding closely supervised by his ministry.

37.  Secular parties have been searching for six weeks for a formula that would exclude the Islamic Virtue Party.

38.  Secular parties carry out more traditional campaigns, with buses riding through city streets distributing leaflets or calling out to voters through loudspeakers.

39.  Secular Turks say the disunity of the secular parties could again propel the Islamic party into a position of leadership.

40.  Shas leader Arieh Deri said prior differences paled next to the threat posed by some secular parties.