1.   An aide to Riordan said Grammy officials have indicated they are concerned about alienating the segment of the music industry based in New York.

2.   Another hope for the Democrats lies in the possibility that the Republicans may move so far to the right that they will alienate large segments of the electorate.

3.   But if the media and the Washington politicians are co-conspirators in alienating large segments of the public, journalists may end up getting off relatively easy.

4.   He does not want to alienate large segments of the Gazan population that support the Islamic groups, especially Hamas.

5.   Their tactic of assassinating officials alienated large segments of the public in Egypt and Algeria and triggered a harsh counterreaction from these secular states.

6.   Yet with each step, it risks alienating another segment of society.