Indeed his polling showed that, by 2004, the number of Russians who considered themselves no different from people in other countries had fallen, while the opinion that Russia is surrounded by enemies had grown stronger.The recent parliamentary elections were accompanied by a heavy-handed propaganda campaign that portrayed America's anti-missile system as an existential threat to Russia.
Barack Obama's election as President was accompanied by expectations that were outsized even for the historic nature of his Administration.
Ronald Reagan's first midterm election in 1982 was accompanied by a Democratic sweep of statewide offices, including the ouster of Gov. Bill Clements, elected in Mr. Carter's midterm.
And there could be no better time for that wave of visitors to come, as Kenya's own presidential election in December 2007 was accompanied by an outbreak of violence, including widespread killing, that brought tourism in the country close to a halt.
Blatter's victory in that Fifa election, 17 years ago, was accompanied by loud accusations that Bin Hammam, the Qatari executive committee member who was Blatter's principal backer, had paid cash for some African delegates' votes.
It did not hurt his election campaign that he was accompanied by his beautiful wife, Pauline, a former hairdresser with an hourglass figure, who has always been proud of her looks.
During Wednesday night's one and only debate between the two finalists of the presidential election, a fixation with Germany was accompanied by a total dismissal of all other international realities.
Mr. Walsh, who covered the elections on Saturday from Lahore, was accompanied to the airport by plainclothes intelligence agents, he said in a telephone interview.
This relationship vexes many Cambodians and has long been exploited for political gain by opposition leader Sam Rainsy, whose pre-election return from self-exile was accompanied by a resurgence in his party's anti-Vietnamese rhetoric.
