21.   This set him at odds with the uncompromising Yitzhak Shamir, then prime minister, and gave Israeli voters an alternative to political stalemate.

22.   To most Kuwaitis, the issues are peripheral, but the effect of the fights has been a political stalemate.

23.   Vice President Rosalia Arteaga also claims she is President, in a political stalemate that has paralyzed the country.

24.   While his company produces cooking oil in English-labeled cans, it has not been able to export it, in part due to the political stalemate.

25.   Premier-designate Antonio Maccanico on Wednesday abandoned efforts to form a government, leaving Italy with a five-week political stalemate that might take elections to break.

26.   A delegation of international officials, including from the Council of Europe, visited last month to help end the resulting political stalemate.

27.   After months of political stalemate, Cambodia formed a new coalition government on Monday.

28.   After weeks of political stalemate, the Socialists agreed Tuesday to stop insisting on their right to govern and hold elections in April.

29.   After weeks of political stalemate, the Socialists agreed Tuesday to stop insisting on their right to govern.

30.   Before his death, Zorig was emerging as a compromise candidate to end the political stalemate.