51.   She jumped ahead when Philip Habib, the undersecretary for political affairs at the time, asked her to work as his staff assistant.

52.   Some of the elected officials raised the issue of the rubber gloves with Doug Sosnick, White House director of political affairs.

53.   Some are more interested in the political affairs of their homelands than of New York.

54.   Southerners have always carried out their political affairs differently, employing a veneer of cordiality, even in the face of adversity.

55.   Tamraz said in an interview that the case against him in Lebanon was a political affair and that the judgment in France was part of a business dispute.

56.   The administration had anticipated further tests because Indian officials were evasive when asked about their plans on Tuesday by Thomas Pickering, the undersecretary of state for political affairs.

57.   The agency has historically functioned as an arm of Beijing by monitoring political affairs in the former colony.

58.   The Brazilian Senate summoned the ministers of health and political affairs to explain charges of influence peddling in Congress after the accusation was made by an opposition senator.

59.   The ceremony was a family and political affair.

60.   The leader of the U.S. delegation in Beijing is the undersecretary of state for political affairs, Thomas Pickering.