21.   Clinton lavished praise on Hume for coaxing Sinn Fein, his IRA-supporting rival in Catholic-nationalist areas, in from the political wilderness.

22.   South Lebanese militia face political wilderness.

23.   The voters will need more sanity than vanity to see that bad parties and bad politicians do not come to power again and are condemned to the political wilderness.

24.   Former cabinet minister Toalepaialii Toesulusulu Siueva was returned to parliament Friday after five years in the political wilderness.

25.   He rose to become head of the party, but not before a painful period in the political wilderness.

26.   His declaration of loyalty to Dostam along with other Hezb commanders may signal a future in the political wilderness for ousted prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, analysts said.

27.   The two then lead a short-lived seccessionist movement in eastern Cambodia before retreating into the political wilderness.

28.   Sheikh Hasina led the party back to power in June general elections, after it spent two decades in the political wilderness.