1.   And it keeps politicians from Washington-style raids on the retirement pool.

2.   Arizona schools chief Jaime Molera, who is running for office as a publicly funded candidate, said the ruling will keep politicians on their toes.

3.   But the official interpretation could not keep partisan politicians from casting Rottenberg either as a victim of anti-Semitic nationalism or as a Catholic-basher.

4.   It also will be harder for Lay to keep politicians at bay now that he is no longer preoccupied with reorganizing Enron.

5.   It tilts the balance further in the favor of people who keep politicians like him in office.

6.   Keeping current politicians off the commission helps protect both parties from potential political fallout.

7.   The second was a political war fought as a CIA officer in Rome and elsewhere in Europe, trying to keep Communist politicians from winning power after the war.

8.   Outside ministerial offices, the rivalries that have kept politicians from forming stable governments erupt into violent clashes between student groups divided along party lines.

9.   Bribes and the electoral clout of squatter groups headed by wily leaders kept politicians at bay.

10.   Experts question whether Barak can succeed in keeping the politicians out of the decision-making loop, and if he does, whether the system will work.