51.   At the local level, that is not always true, but at the national level it remains the case eight years later.

52.   At the national level, conservatives in Congress are seeking to roll back the Davis-Bacon Act, which governs federal contracting.

53.   At the national level, nongovernmental organizations and other private groups are filing public-interest lawsuits to get various government agencies to do their jobs.

54.   At the national level, voters will elect five other governors, a new lower house of Congress and fill one-quarter of the Senate seats.

55.   At the same time the film plays out a larger drama on the national level.

56.   At the national level of one of the two major political parties, opposition to abortion had become literally unspeakable.

57.   At the national level, banking officials were much more interested in securing the interstate branching powers than arguing with Gonzalez this year.

58.   At the national level, however, Democrats receive more money than Republicans from lawyers and lobbyists and labor unions.

59.   At the national level, President Clinton has twice vetoed legislation banning the procedure.

60.   At the national level, the brainwashing powers of political advertising have long been exaggerated.