31.   Sources close to Clinton and Dole said Strauss has been used as a conduit of messages between the two powerful politicians.

32.   That means changing a culture of corruption that has run from rookie policemen to the most powerful politicians.

33.   The credit industry had to swallow that provision to get the support of powerful politicians from those states.

34.   The powerful politician.

35.   The prosecutor investigating the September assassination of his brother, a top ruling-party official, resigned Wednesday, saying that powerful politicians had blocked the probe.

36.   The trail led to Guilio Andreotti, since World War II the most powerful politician in Italy and seven times prime minister.

37.   Then they carved out electoral districts to prevent the rise of any powerful Christian politicians.

38.   There is nothing new about dinners at which big contributors break bread with powerful politicians.

39.   Unfortunately for him, he holds that status in a city government where there is only one truly powerful politician, Rudolph W. Giuliani.

40.   Warren maintains that Tribune reporters in Washington have often spent too much time in a losing effort to compete for leaks and scoops from powerful politicians.