91.   For decades, the district has been a springboard for black leaders onto the national scene.

92.   From the day Bill Clinton popped onto the national scene, his life has been an exercise in mass entertainment.

93.   Hurricanes fans accused the Gators of pulling out because Miami was dominating both the Gators and the national scene.

94.   It was two years into his seven-year term, and Chirac faded quickly from the national scene, blamed by fellow rightists for their downfall.

95.   Khalid, a loyal party member, retired quietly from the national scene rather than publicly challenge Ms. Bhutto.

96.   On the national scene, no one watches the ebb and flow of political money more closely than the nonpartisan, nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics.

97.   Riding the wave of popular sympathy for Anwar, nearly a dozen Islamic opposition groups have pushed themselves onto the national scene.

98.   Since that time, Meciar has not been active in the national political scene, but reportedly was active within his party, the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia.

99.   The governors are the newest force on the national political scene, exercising authority beyond the boundaries of the regions where they were elected to office.

100.   The left, which ran the government for most of the last five years under Socialist leadership, is fighting for its life on the national political scene.