1.   And Israeli politics will remain messy, because this is still a nation in the making.

2.   And Haiti competes with countries throughout Latin America and Asia where phones work, electricity stays turned on and politics remain relatively stable.

3.   But politics remains a big factor.

4.   But Italian politics remains bafflingly baroque.

5.   But whatever the outside villain, the psychology of this kind of third-party politics has remained remarkably steady across the years.

6.   But while he has worked closely with the politicians in Miami and Washington, his own politics have remained vague.

7.   Cleaner politics remains an urgent task that cannot be put off until the end.

8.   China has progressed considerably from the paranoia of the Mao era, but its politics remains highly conspiratorial.

9.   Even should politics remain under control, in another few years it probably will get far more crowded here.

10.   For many Italians, indeed, politics remains more than a choice between candidates, policy positions and coalitions.