41.   In a society in which fundamentalist religious leaders and prominent Republican politicians insist on castigating homosexuals as a threat, that bias is everywhere.

42.   It centers on accusations that the appointment of an attorney general last January was linked to promises of legal favors for a prominent politician.

43.   Indeed, many Catholics support abortion rights, and some prominent Catholic politicians have prospered even though they are at odds with church leaders over the issue.

44.   It is a congressional race that is so tightly competitive that it has lured to the Ohio Valley a cavalcade of prominent politicians from throughout the country.

45.   It is suspected in the assassinations or attempted assassinations of several prominent Sri Lankan politicians, including government ministers.

46.   It is always a touchy matter when the death of a prominent politician creates a strategic opening.

47.   It is these declarations that have upset the former wives of two prominent Massachusetts politicians, US Senator John F. Kerry and US Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II.

48.   Later that year, Bradley participated in two conference calls with six other prominent politicians, four of them Democrats and two of them independents.

49.   Last year, as justice officials uncovered more evidence tying Samper and other prominent politicians to drug traffickers, Colombia entered its worst period of political instability in decades.

50.   Many prominent politicians toyed with running as independents, only to back down in the end.