Mr. Ecevit ignored the question, but it reflected a remarkable political transition whose effect is reverberating across Europe.

"This is a remarkable transition," the county executive, Thomas R. Suozzi, said at a news conference.

Actually, it is a remarkable transition.

Ex-President Reagan presided over a remarkable transition of America's sense of itself and its relations with the East.

This time of remarkable transition marked an opportunity for someone to gain valuable influence over the evolution of human history.

Still, the Nets have made a remarkable transition in recent seasons, one the Knicks can only dream of.

A. Perhaps the most remarkable transition that has occurred during the past 12 years is to watch the economy of this state and country.

If he succeeds, he will have made a remarkable transition from the partisanship of his early career to the statesmanship required by these messy days.

"In the last 20 years Mongolia has captured the imagination of the world by its remarkable transition to democracy," Mr Biden said.

Hillary Rodham Clinton began the remarkable transition yesterday from a quarter-century of derivative power as a political spouse to a potent force in her own right.