1.   After a stubborn, lumbering climb over several decades to reach the Israeli political pinnacle, Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon must now move like a gazelle.

2.   There may be another Gore on the way to the political pinnacle.

3.   We know they can breathe in the rarified air at the political pinnacle without needing a respirator.

4.   Casey lacked arrogance even as he ascended the political pinnacle.