1.   During this period, politics became his consuming interest.

2.   In the age of mass communications, politics is becoming ever more Marginal.

3.   No one had expected politics to become so fraught so early on in the post-handover political transition.

4.   Politics became the major preoccupation shared by all, rather than the concern of the ruling few.

5.   Politics becomes an issue of solving the technical problems of advancing capitalism rather than the realization of practical goals.

6.   Politics has become a corrupt, big-money game.

7.   And, like entertainment, politics has become something that other people do.

8.   And Washington politics has become meaner than ever.

9.   As politics becomes more like show biz and Hollywood grows increasingly powerful, the absurdities of both cultures inevitably start affecting each other.

10.   But at the same time, she does not intend to allow politics to become all-consuming in her life.