21.   Flexing their new-found political muscle, computer firms made passage of the bill their top legislative priority.

22.   For all the attention and, often, affection he has received, the mountainous hulk of a governor has yet to show much political muscle.

23.   Gdansk and Gdynia had the political muscle to rely on the state.

24.   He flexed his political muscles when he chose to do so and presto!

25.   If Netanyahu emerges victorious, the Arab community would be isolated politically and left frustrated that it had flexed its political muscle in vain.

26.   If parents are to get all they deserve, Hewlett argues, they must flex their political muscles as well as their economic ones.

27.   If Powell enters the race and his appeal does not fade, his candidacy would represent a clear opportunity for the mayor to regain a degree of political muscle.

28.   In an afternoon of testy courtroom exchanges, a lender on Friday accused Gov. Fife Symington of trying to use political muscle for his own business ends.

29.   In New Jersey, officials said, the big cities simply do not have political muscle anymore.

30.   In subsequent interviews, he even suggested that the sugar industry had used its political muscle to squelch a competitor.