31.   Questions in Washington this spring over the future of US support for international peacekeeping are as sharp as any that have emerged in the Republican takeover of Congress.

32.   Redistricting also played a role by creating minority legislative districts that gave blacks political muscle but left the white areas open for a Republican takeover, some analysts say.

33.   Probably some of the same people who are now predicting a Republican takeover of the Lone Star State.

34.   Republican victories in three or four races would signal a probable Republican takeover in the House.

35.   Republican wins in three or four races might be the first signal of a Republican takeover in the House.

36.   Some Republicans in Congress are fretting over whether Gingrich should be invited to a January celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Republican takeover of Congress.

37.   State Department officials acknowledge that the Republican takeover of Congress might make it harder to get ambassadorial nominations confirmed.

38.   That election, in which Keller also won, was the beginning of a Republican takeover of the appeals court.

39.   That failure, combined with the subsequent Republican takeover of Congress, prompted Clinton to set more limited goals for health-care law.

40.   That failure, combined with the subsequent Republican takeover of control of Congress, prompted Clinton to set more limited goals for health care law.