41.   Miami has tried to stay above the fray, since it can control the entire process with a win.

42.   Most historians try to stay above the fray, because we recognize our work has sensitive political dimensions.

43.   Most other media have joined the Putin bandwagon, making it easy for the front-runner to stay above the fray.

44.   Or stay above it all and risk losing.

45.   President Ernesto Zedillo has by and large stayed above the campaign.

46.   Rumsfeld has tried to stay above the fray while the Air Force and his policy advisers have wrestled in classified analyses and closed-door meetings.

47.   Sharpton stays above this fray.

48.   Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed displeasure with the Likud vote, but a State Department official said the US would try to stay above the fray.

49.   Somehow, Davenport has always been able to detach herself from the chaos, stay above the distractions and dysfunction, and ease through the draw under the radar.