61.   All research projects had to include plans showing how the project could open the political debate and be used by journalists.

62.   Business activism paid off in helping to drastically redefine the terms of the political debate.

63.   But abortion is the central issue in the political debate over the high court.

64.   But an end to the Gingrich case could give both sides a breather and encourage the calmer political debate the voters clearly prefer.

65.   But both Massachusetts residents are waiting, their lives held hostage in a sense to the political debate over Medicare, welfare and a balanced budget.

66.   But change will necessarily be difficult in a country where political institutions are mere husks and normal political debate and negotiation are forgotten arts.

67.   But Daschle said Wednesday that while he will not schedule a vote on the Republican tax cut plan, he would welcome a political debate on the idea.

68.   But few now argue that the law has accomplished that goal, as each investigation has produced a major political debate.

69.   But great leeway exists in the case of political debate, and vilification of political figures has been common since the founding of the republic.

70.   But in political debate such distinctions became mountains and the economists themselves became targets of partisan ridicule.