41.   The feuding over telecommunications law stemmed from fissures both within industry and within Republican ranks.

42.   The free-market approach has broad appeal in Republican ranks and some academic circles.

43.   The idea of an across-the-board tax reduction also creates a tension in Republican ranks between those who want to stimulate growth and those who favor direct assistance to families.

44.   The great political brawls of this year have taken place not between Democrats and Republicans but within Republican ranks.

45.   The issue of tax cuts remained a sensitive one within the Republican ranks.

46.   The pragmatists are weaker in Republican ranks now, and the ideologues are stronger.

47.   The nomination has split Republican ranks.

48.   The rise of Not Newt to the top of Republican ranks has been meteoric.

49.   The speaker has awarded her with a leadership post, and the presence of a telegenic woman in the senior Republican ranks has proved politically beneficial to House Republicans.

50.   The trade dispute has become a major political battle within Republican ranks.