81.   State Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco acknowledged Wednesday for the first time that politics played a role in how he chose to hire lawyers for his office.

82.   Stanley Fishner, a Virginia-based author and procurement consultant, thinks politics will play a huge role.

83.   Still, the two former Dinkins aides said this week that politics had also played a role.

84.   Some suspect politics might play a role.

85.   That is not to say that traditional politics has not played a prominent role.

86.   The explosion of the event for the United Jewish Committee is an example of the role ethnic politics plays in both parties, but especially for Democrats.

87.   The governor has repeatedly said that politics played no role in her attempts to respond to the issue of racial profiling.

88.   The state comptroller running for governor momentarily admitted last week that campaign politics played a role in his recent visit to Israel.

89.   The steel case serves as a reminder that politics can play a role in pricing.

90.   The vote suggested that partisan politics might play a stront, and possibly fatal role in decideing the measure outcome.