21.   But the political environment has changed.

22.   But the political environment changed while the film was being made.

23.   But the real issue was the sour political environment, including fresh concerns about human rights and Chinese pilferage of U.S. military secrets.

24.   But the unstable political environments in both countries could produce a headache for the oil companies and an embarrassment for Washington.

25.   But the Enron fallout has altered the political environment.

26.   Coverdell rejects the notion that he has become more conservative in office, but he acknowledges that the political environments in Washington and Georgia are different.

27.   Complementing initiative-driven government is a political environment tied to special interests.

28.   From that political environment emerged new college trustees who saw racial preferences as discriminatory against white students, and changed the policies in spite of campus protests.

29.   Good, but that is not nearly enough to stem the effluvia poisoning the political environment.

30.   Gov. Mel Carnahan said the session was a good one considering the overtly political environment of this election year.