41.   It was a rare move for a dissident living inside Saudi Arabia to issue a public letter with such stinging political commentary.

42.   Political commentary is muted in Bahrain, with few willing to openly discuss politics for fear of retaliation.

43.   The biting political commentary and uncanny impersonations in the play are exceedingly rare in the Arab world, where freedoms are all too restricted by autocratic regimes.

44.   The magazine was among a handful of publications dedicated to serious political commentary that had survived in Hong Kong.

45.   The theme parties, held in night clubs and town halls, carefully avoid political commentary while toying with familiar images from communist times.

46.   The Tribune also got into trouble in Singapore with another political commentary written by an American educator, Christopher Lingle, and published in October.

47.   Today, TV channels are beginning to broaden discussion with talk shows and political commentary programs.

48.   Political commentaries, too, were restrained.

49.   State radio and television interrupted their regular schedules and broadcast religious programs and political commentaries condemning the attack.