71.   But up close, local politicians are as adept at hurling insults, and the voters are as irritatingly rebellious as our own.

72.   But their triumph lasted just long enough for local politicians to discover that the mayor was planning to ship cooking jobs out of the city.

73.   But while the sparring in Greenburgh continues, the issue has forced local politicians to walk a difficult political line.

74.   Buyoya is beset with enemies on both sides of the ethnic divide, who could sabotage any peace plan, diplomats and local politicians say.

75.   By using latex puppets, it pokes fun at local politicians, sports heroes, journalists and foreign figures including Woody Allen and Pope John Paul II.

76.   Clinton had already accepted the invite and some local politicians had suggested Gore, who gone in years past, also attend.

77.   Consequently, many local Democratic politicians find themselves in opposition to President Clinton, who in his re-election bid has moved to regulate the crop as a drug.

78.   Contacting your local politician is another tactic, but she frowns on the increasingly popular act of forwarding your spam to your congressional rep.

79.   Democrats went after prominent legislators and other local politicians, but when they were rejected, Stedem entered the race in late spring.

80.   Despite the referendum, the legal decision to fly or adopt a state flag still seems to rest with local elected politicians.