41.   Fininvest is a holding company controlled by Berlusconi, who resigned as company president to enter politics three years ago.

42.   For others, national leaders provided the inspiration to enter politics.

43.   Former child actor Gary Coleman is entering politics, saying he intends to seek a California Senate seat.

44.   Fox, a former Coca-Cola executive who entered politics as a congressman and later became a governor, knows that he was elected to change the way Mexico works.

45.   Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur headed GSI until he entered full-time politics.

46.   From the moment Alberto K. Fujimori entered politics just over a decade ago, his most powerful weapon at times of crisis has been the element of surprise.

47.   Galiber achieved a measure of fame in sports long before he entered politics.

48.   GSI was headed by former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur until he entered politics full-time.

49.   Harris said he had entered politics at the request of his father, Earl Harris, a popular long-time Newark councilman.

50.   He became a boxer, a big-game hunter and a cattle rancher before entering politics, where he displayed the same iron determination.