51.  The formal start of negotiations went ahead, meanwhile, despite the absence of David Trimble, who leads the largest party in Northern Ireland, the Ulster Unionists.

52.  The Free Democrats, the largest Swiss party, have already demanded that Villiger be appointed.

53.  The general secretary of the largest party in the alliance predicted it would emerge the biggest winner, and would stake a claim to form the government.

54.  The largest Catholic party, the moderate Social Democratic and Labor Party, has endorsed the peace pact, and Sinn Fein has spoken favorably of it.

55.  The LDP is the largest party in the coalition.

56.  The only disapproving voice in the Commons was that of David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionists, the largest Protestant party in Northern Ireland.

57.  The PRI may lose its majority in Congress, but it is still likely to be the largest party.

58.  The PRI, by far the largest single party in the lower house, contends that it was slighted in negotiations over the last two weeks with the opposition.

59.  The second largest party, the Congress Party, will probably end up with fewer seats, they said.