61.   But Ms. Gupta, the child-welfare official, said local politicians were deeply involved in the scheme, and would frustrate all efforts to stop it.

62.   But now House Republicans see local politicians as uniformly brilliant, upright citizens who know how to administer government programs to help folks better than federal bureaucrats do.

63.   But part of the nastiness that has characterized the negotiations between Kraft and local politicians was also evident Wednesday.

64.   But Marc Landy, a political scientist at Boston College, said many local politicians could jump on the Gore bandwagon if he looks like a sure winner.

65.   But Microsoft also had its staunch defenders, especially in the form of local politicians, Eastside residents and rank-and-file Microsoft employees.

66.   But the ailing state-run companies also provide jobs and welfare to millions of people and power to industrial ministries and local politicians.

67.   But the initiatives have also given impetus to gay rights movements whose members are now enlisting support from local politicians, minority groups and others.

68.   But the parade, which came under fire two years ago from local politicians and neighborhood groups who complained about rowdiness and noise, proceeded calmly.

69.   But the vast majority are local politicians in majority black districts.

70.   But the proposal, by Xanadu Properties Associates, ran into heavy opposition from a well-connected alliance of environmental groups, local politicians and residents of the area.