31.   They say domestic political priorities require them to protect certain key economic sectors, such as agriculture.

32.   Incoming Senate leader Robert Dole told NATO ambassadors on Tuesday he would make a resolution to this effect a political priority in the new, Republican-dominated Congress.

33.   The recent rise in long-term interest rates reflected perceptions in financial markets that political priorities in Washington may be shifting away from deficit reduction, Greenspan warned.

34.   The political priority is to pass a law instituting punishment for human-rights violators and compensation for the victims.