1.   He can count himself lucky not to have been blamed for the bounce by his political masters.

2.   As it expands its services around the continent, the competition it offers should force the other airlines to raise their game -- if their political masters allow them.

3.   Earlier this month, Scraire proposed several measures that would put more distance between the agency and its political masters.

4.   He has therefore done his best to terrify them, and their political masters, by capturing several hundred U.N. peacekeepers.

5.   The European military business, moreover, is one in which jealous governments have traditionally held sway as both political masters and major customers.

6.   Wearily, they say that you will do whatever your political masters bid.

7.   A three-year public inquiry scrutinized the security service and concluded the Mounties had concealed wrongdoing from their political masters.

8.   And, with guaranteed shelter from public scrutiny, department officials and their political masters will never have to answer for having betrayed trust.

9.   At the same time, their political masters said they were ready to join Nigerian troops if the coup leaders exhausted options for a negotiated settlement.

10.   At the same time, their political masters threatened force if diplomacy fails.