The scars could keep subsequent governments unusually fragile, making the next government just another way station on the road toward a much broader realignment of the parties.

As advertising income slides because of the economic slowdown, the sale reflects a broader realignment in European magazines.

But the importance of the black turnout to this year's Democratic victories underscores the thesis that the party's successes do not necessarily suggest any broad partisan realignment in the South.

Goldman said the latest moves, affecting coverage of 40 stocks, were part of a broad realignment of research.

For Sprint, the search for foreign partners coincides with a broader strategic realignment.

Getting there, however, will require broad realignments of political forces that have been fractured ever since the L.D.P. began to crack apart last year.

Mr. Riley asserts that the competition reflects "a broad realignment of architectural thought."

But the rapid turnover also reflects something positive, a broad realignment of Japanese political life away from one-party dominance and toward democratic competition.

This is just the first step in a broader political realignment, and it may take years.

"Reagan Democrats are now Republicans," said This Week 's Kristol, hinting at a broad political realignment.