Lobbyists and fund-raisers say such trips are becoming increasingly popular, partly as a quirky consequence of the new ethics rules.

Some variations on the popular rules include:

He did not believe in popular rule, and he did believe that the big business men were entitled to have things their way.

When government becomes an agent of religion, it places divinity over democracy and thus renders the idea of popular rule irrelevant.

But that may be academic, because odds are that the neighboring governments would do their best to block popular rule from ever emerging in Iraq.

Democracy had made the people sovereign, so they must become more godly if the new states were to escape the dangers inherent in popular rule.

A popular political rule of thumb these days is that an ailing economy hurts incumbents much more than a healthy economy helps them.

But the most popular rule among parents, administrators say, is also the most controversial among students: the "courtship policy."

Indonesia's upheaval creates conditions for a negotiated transition to popular rule in East Timor.

Faced with this opposition, Coriolanus flies into a rage and rails against the concept of popular rule.