101.   The former owner of a home remodeling company, she entered politics after working as executive director of Cincinnati Citizens Action, an environmental and consumer advocacy group.

102.   The president was a sociologist before he entered politics and wrote extensively on questions of race and class in Brazil.

103.   The son, a progressive Catholic, spent two years in a seminary in Lyons in central France before entering politics.

104.   The suggestion that this might be a platform from which to enter politics brought a smile.

105.   The United States is supporting the government position, insisting that the rebels quickly sign a deal that allows them to enter electoral politics but offers them little else.

106.   The veteran prime minister, who entered politics when John F. Kennedy was in the White House, said he knew best.

107.   They enter politics hoping to do well for the country, as well as for themselves.

108.   They were joined by Sen. Jon Corzine, D-N.J., who earned hundreds of millions of dollars on Wall Street before entering politics.

109.   This week, however, belongs to conservative Republicans, many of whom entered electoral politics specifically to oppose abortion.

110.   Tommy went to the university in Madison, graduated from law school and immediately entered state politics.