81.   Coningsby has been called the first political novel, in the sense that political moving and shaking plays a central role in the story.

82.   Considered by many to be the truest measure of worth, cattle play a central role in the southern Sudanese way of life.

83.   Conspicuously absent from the Miami proceedings was Cardoen, the Chilean industrial who has been indicted for his central role in the case.

84.   Commerce Department officials have played a central role in the negotiations and in designing what they call advocacy programs to press the cause of American businesses abroad.

85.   Criminologists have argued for decades that racial profiling plays a central role in the fact that black Americans make up a disproportionate part of the prison population.

86.   Despite the differences in emphasis among these various senior leaders, none have questioned the central role of the Communist Party in ruling China.

87.   Despite the clear success of economic liberalization, the party appears to be determined to maintain a central role for state-owned enterprises.

88.   Despite their attempts to exert more influence and play a more central role, Taiwan officials recognize their limitations and will suffer largely in silence, the source said.

89.   Dillane brings a steadying, compassionate presence to the central role.

90.   Doing so, officials said, would allow the department to have a central role in lobbying the state for changes to Medicaid laws.