91.   Diplomats and Guatemalan political analysts said the emergence of the New Guatemalan Democratic Front as a political force could help push forward talks intended to end the civil war.

92.   Economic limitations and political forces in the Kremlin will not allow even the best-intentioned men, such as Lebed, to do what needs to be done.

93.   Even more disturbing to humanitarian officials is whether their presence in some conflicts relieves immediate suffering while supporting the political forces that caused the crisis.

94.   Exacerbating the situation, he said, are political forces in Jakarta angling for advantage when the weak and fumbling President Wahid leaves office.

95.   Far from cooling passions, these critics say, the government has only encouraged militants in the fundamentalist Party of God, a hitherto marginal political force.

96.   Even if the Hutchison idea is not entirely practical, it has some political force.

97.   Finally, they will try to convert the core of the Zapatista movement from a military to a political force, although primarily a local one.

98.   For George W. Bush, however, the circumstances smack of a comeback and damage his credibility as an independent political force.

99.   For presidential candidates, veterans can be a potent political force.

100.   Gennady Zyuganov, the Communist candidate, lost his bid to become president and is probably spent as a national political force in Russia.