11.   But Dr. DeBuono said politics had no effect on her actions.

12.   But Harding allowed that politics may have had something to do with the secret itinerary, refusing even to reveal whether Giuliani had left the five boroughs.

13.   But politics had a lot to do with it, too.

14.   But politics has a way of taking a back seat in the Balkans.

15.   But Schlatter said politics had nothing to do with the inauguration.

16.   But some say presidential politics has a lot to do with the way the nomination is handled.

17.   But since such policies were never really on the table, politics had little if any effect on economic growth.

18.   But Zenia Mucha, a spokeswoman for the governor, denied that politics had anything to do with the decison to take away the escort.

19.   Chief Justice William Rehnquist, another one of the five conservatives, has insisted that politics had nothing to do with his decision.

20.   Congressional politics has a way of bucking longterm predictions and transforming itself very quickly, and nobody knows how enduring this pattern will be.