1.   Marwan Barghouti, an elected legislator and able politician, is well versed in Israeli politics and speaks Hebrew fluently.

2.   President Clinton and Senator Dole are able politicians.

3.   Wall Street firms wanting lucrative municipal bond deals, for example, eagerly wrote big checks to politicians able to hand out those deals.

4.   Fini, widely considered an able politician, has been trying to carry off a delicate balancing act.

5.   Kharrazi is considered one of the few politicians able to bridge the ideological rifts between conservative clerics and groups seeking Western-style reforms in Iran.

6.   Moi proves to be able politician.