41.   Hyde, in a news conference outside Chicago, said politics played no role in his abandoning a full-scale investigation.

42.   If the history of military procurement is any guide, politics will play a role in the final decision as to which company gets the contract.

43.   Identity politics play an important role in redressing past wrongs, but they doom us to life in isolated cells if we let our differences be unbreachable gulfs.

44.   In an interview, Dole said he was not bothered by any role politics might have played in the ceremony.

45.   In congressional testimony last month and in October, Babbitt vigorously denied that politics played any role in the casino decision.

46.   Is it right that politics have played such a significant role in international justice?

47.   It may be true, as the justice suggested, that politics does not play an overt role in Supreme Court discussions and rulings.

48.   It is difficult to determine if politics played a role in all this.

49.   Lee insists politics played no role in his decision, saying he said he was persuaded by a legal opinion from the Florida Supreme Court.

50.   Less publicized, but just as important, are the politics of who plays where.