1.   Analysts said that in choosing to focus on the global crisis Clinton is making a smart political move.

2.   And his sudden, seemingly capricious decision to cancel the May Day parade was only one of several political moves for which he was sharply criticized last month.

3.   Ashcroft telegraphed this transparently political move nearly a year ago in a letter to the NRA, which just happened to have been a major Ashcroft campaign contributor.

4.   At the same time, Thomas was starting another weekly newspaper, the Henderson County News, and brassily laying the groundwork for higher political moves.

5.   But after making small political moves that encouraged American officials, Cuban officials have increasingly dismissed the idea of gradual progress toward closer ties with the United States.

6.   But he described it as merely a political move by moderates trying to prove to the breakaway group that they are not too liberal.

7.   But privately, officials in both camps acknowledged that Bush and Gore were deeply involved in plotting the political moves.

8.   But Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., saw the legal maneuvering as a political move by the administration to try to have it both ways.

9.   But this is also a political move for Primo Nebiolo, to give some help to the American athletes.

10.   By branding Arafat a terrorist, they said, Sharon is hoping to persuade the international community that targeting him directly is a legitimate political move.