61.   In public, the president has allowed Netanyahu and Arafat to vent their frustrations and rally their political bases with anyother burst of disputatious rhetoric.

62.   Indeed, retailers in Staten Island, an important political base for the mayor, have complained the loudest about losing business to New Jersey.

63.   It was a careful compromise that angered many social conservatives, who make up an important part of his political base.

64.   Just as they did during the Republican primaries, Bush and McCain are once again pursuing agendas that appeal to different political bases.

65.   Kirk has a larger political base than Bryant did.

66.   Like all other secretaries general, Annan lacks an independent political base.

67.   Lately, he has been touring Russia in what appears to be an effort to build a political base.

68.   Many politicians feel Ms. McCaughey Ross should simply be grateful to have a job, having been plucked from obscurity with no political base of her own.

69.   Meanwhile on the campaign trail, Kerry moved across the state Tuesday trying to pump up his Democratic political base.

70.   Moseley-Braun stuck close to her hometown on Monday, playing to her Democratic political base in an eleventh-hour attempt to keep her job.