41.  Most of the largess is courtesy of the Nationalist party, which is in danger of losing power for the first time in five decades.

42.  Nationalist parties will appeal to Catholics, and unionist parties will direct their campaigning exclusively at Protestants.

43.  Nationalist political parties, whose propaganda helped launch the nearly four-year war in the region, still have a stranglehold on the political process.

44.  Now, polls suggest Sinn Fein could become the top nationalist party in the general election this spring.

45.  On the Muslim-Croat side of Bosnia, the weekend was marred by last-minute efforts by nationalist parties to block the elections.

46.  One campaign ad portrayed the nationalist party as bank robbers bilking the nation.

47.  Only two weeks ago, a coalition of Hindu nationalist parties was given its first opportunity to govern India.

48.  Overwhelmingly, voters chose secular nationalist parties over those that campaigned under the banner of Islam.

49.  Poll-takers and analysts here say his popularity in Russia is unlikely to spread beyond the nationalist parties that share his views.

50.  Popular reaction has been so widespread that some moderate Russian politicians express concern that NATO is inadvertently helping Communist and nationalist parties in Russia gain support.