21.   He was a depressive who was able to transform private grief into monumental political courage.

22.   He will not be celebrated because he had the political courage to reform Social Security to assure its benefits decades down the road.

23.   In a rare act of political courage, Clinton has rejected the treaty because it would endanger U.S. troops in perilous outposts such as Korea.

24.   Instead of trying to finesse missile defense choices with lawyerly language, Clinton should find the political courage to postpone the decision until it can be more wisely made.

25.   It is a reform that needs some political courage, a rare commodity in Albany.

26.   It required no small measure of political courage for the Israeli leader to overcome his own antagonism toward Arafat and the noisy objections of his fellow Likud leaders.

27.   Netanyahu showed good sense and political courage in dropping a demand that had little practical meaning.

28.   Once again this year, it promises to induce gasps, laughter, tears and some yawns with its four hours of political courage and sheer outrageousness.

29.   Real change requires hard work, patience, and political courage, not just theatrics.

30.   Senate Minority Leader Tony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat, said he would remember her political courage.