21.   Instead, some politicians want to turn high-occupancy vehicle, or HOV, lanes on the Long Island Expressway into general-occupancy lanes.

22.   Initially, the politicians wanted to resume construction on all projects at the same time, as proposed by the LDP.

23.   It is unclear whether Congress will narrow the discrepancy at a time when no politician wants to be accused of being soft on drugs.

24.   Laissez-faire politicians want the system dismantled and replaced with individually managed retirement accounts for every American.

25.   Liberatore praised the aggressive role the federal government has played on his behalf precisely at a time when politicians want less government for everyone else.

26.   Local politicians apparently want to keep their options open as long as possible, but the field of world class skaters is impatient to settle the matter.

27.   Many U.S. politicians want China to lose its MFN status because of its human rights abuses.

28.   Nationalist politicians predictably want the Northern Ireland Secretary, John Reid, to take sanctions against Protestant paramilitaries and announce that the UDA ceasefire is dead.

29.   No politician wants to take the blame for allowing that to happen.

30.   No politician wants to be condemned as defending the dreaded tax collector.