1.   Ashcroft spokesman Steve Hilton said Carnahan is hardly immune to scrutiny when it comes to comparing his public actions with campaign donations.

2.   Boston has yet to consider such a step, but it is hardly immune to the pressures that have pushed other cities to do so.

3.   But New York is hardly immune to these influences.

4.   But with drug use rising among adolescents around the country, enclaves like Berkshire are hardly immune.

5.   Despite her successes, Ms. Foster is hardly immune to the unpredictabilities of the marketplace.

6.   FERC is an independent regulatory agency that is not under the control of the administration, although like all government agencies, it is hardly immune to political pressure.

7.   Football is hardly immune.

8.   Hardly immune to the talk-show conversation and newspaper columns, Beane has checked the landscape.

9.   It is true, though, that congressional Republicans are hardly immune to the joys of spending money.

10.   Moreover, franchises are hardly immune from competitive pressures and are only as good as their owners make them.