11.   In contrast, California has always been a top political priority for Clinton.

12.   In his political priorities, Schaeuble would be unlikely to differ radically from Waigel as a finance minister, his colleagues said.

13.   It is part of the general process of making exports a political priority of the Clinton administration.

14.   Now a Kennedy political priority is faltering.

15.   One week later, the president had no choice but to announce yet a smaller deficit, even though it upset his political priorities.

16.   Some engineers said the city simply did not have the money to spend on its bridges, which, in any case, were never a political priority.

17.   The differences in political priority between the executive and legislative branches have been sharply and permanently defined.

18.   The French election result, thus, deepened foreboding among some politicians here that the whole currency project will be derailed by the divergent political priorities in France.

19.   The grim budget outlook will constrain Bush, as well as his Democratic opponents, in their efforts to pursue domestic political priorities such as education and health care.

20.   The inevitable clash of political priorities translates into chaotic last-minute maneuvering, partisan grandstanding and dire threats of disaster.