51.   The last thing the company wants is to become a political football in the war of words that has erupted between the United States and China.

52.   The most disturbing aspect of the death penalty is that it has become a political football, he said.

53.   The legislation, which had previously passed the House and Senate in slightly different versions, had become a political football.

54.   The reforms are now likely to become a political football as partners in a coalition government jockey for position before the next election.

55.   The Seahawks are still here, though they will be the subject of political football in the coming months.

56.   The specter of baseball becoming a political football should get owners and players off their duffs.

57.   The Wye agreement has been a political football since it was signed, well before the volatile election campaign got under way.

58.   There are better ways to get at the problem than turning it into a political football.

59.   They cautioned Republicans against turning the Whitewater hearings into a political football.

60.   They are now commodities and political footballs.