31.   All are stunningly out of touch with political reality when it comes to gender issues.

32.   Bush aides readily acknowledge that they have crafted the early proposals with an eye toward the political realities of Capitol Hill.

33.   But administration officials conceded they must deal with the political reality.

34.   Bush may not like the comparison, but he is doing just what Bill Clinton did, adapting his policies and performance to suit shifting political realities.

35.   But Buchanan was also recognizing political reality, broadly defined.

36.   But confronted with the political reality of a popular governor and a conservative Legislature, they had to settle for much less.

37.   But farm groups fear that a tough spring in the fields would reconfigure political reality.

38.   But as he has faced the political realities of his job, he has backed away from it.

39.   But as so often happens in Washington, great ambitions collided with political realities.

40.   But few believe that a comprehensive settlement is possible due to the time-frame and, more importantly, complicating political realities in Israel.