21.   Political paralysis over market reforms slowed foreign investment.

22.   The result was political paralysis, and Haiti has been without a functioning government for nearly three years.

23.   Washington is returning to work, and to the threat of political paralysis.

24.   Ailing Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou resigned Monday, bringing an end to a prolonged period of political paralysis.

25.   The unrest in Kinshasa is a sign of the continuing political paralysis in the government which is unable to present a united front against the rebels.

26.   Ousmane and Amadou failed to get on and the resulting political paralysis ended in the military coup last January.