11.   The draw was a dramatic political spectacle, as much high theater as a political stumble in the dark.

12.   The prisoners, many of them lying on cots in their tents, silently watched the political spectacle.

13.   The turnabout in economic thinking has resulted in some curious political spectacles.

14.   It was an incredible political spectacle by any standard.

15.   Critics of both the Geagea trials had accused the authorities of bias and lack of evidence, and said the trials were political spectacles.