21.   Besides the troubling political implications of a close race in Arizona, there are also serious financial considerations.

22.   Beyond the economic impact, the Olympic Games carry large political implications.

23.   Beyond the political implications, the controversy highlights one way in which the New York Police Department has defied national trends in policing.

24.   Both will weigh the political implications.

25.   A quick and sustained recovery could have enormous political implications.

26.   A prolonged operation would have far-reaching political implications abroad as well as in the United States.

27.   Administration officials said they would comply with the request, but played down its political implications, pointedly noting that it extended back before President Bush came to Washington.

28.   Bush played down any national political implications of his visit with the volunteer group, which has significant influence in the state party hierarchy.

29.   But Scott Somerville, president of an anti-abortion organization called the Abortion Industry Monitor, said such judgment is based on the political implication of the findings.

30.   But the political implications of their votes could not have been far from their minds.