Chamber officials insisted that the announcement today was not meant to regain the confidence of conservatives but rather reflected rising disenchantment with the President's policies among the 215,000 businesses represented by the organization.

The sharp swing to the Socialists, who got only 11 percent of the vote in 1990, reflected disenchantment with economic conditions across a broad section of society.

But reports emerged that Iran's annual recruiting drive had gone badly, reflecting war weariness and disenchantment at the economic deprivation wrought by the Islamic revolution and the war.

Charles Kennedy, the Liberal Democrat leader, told the BBC tonight that the vote reflected widespread disenchantment with Labor owing to the war.

New York Times theatre critic Ben Brantley said that Wilson's plays reflect "disenchantment with the state of the nation.

The Hearing Voices Movement reflects significant disenchantment with the medical model and the practises of mental health services through much of the Western World.

Contrary to his conclusion, the declining attendance at Ebbets Field from 1946 to 1957 does not reflect disenchantment by the fans.

In Kansas City, Mo., yesterday, Mr. Clinton said the poll reflected public disenchantment.

The last decades of the century saw the flowering of numerous bizarre but intensely committed religious sects which often reflected disenchantment with both Church and State.

Mr. Feinstein also said, however, that he expects turnout to be remarkably low, reflecting the indifference and disenchantment that has characterized the primary process so far.