1.   Davis plays an enormously influential role in city politics.

2.   For Victoria, the agenda for the Ting Hui was city politics and political contributions, period.

3.   And campus officials also got involved in city politics.

4.   And they are taking place with a frequency that politicians and donors alike say is unprecedented in modern city politics.

5.   As a planner, the rakish, take-charge veteran of city politics wants to plunge into the business of rebuilding.

6.   As a strong favorite for re-election as Bronx borough president, Ferrer still has an excellent future in city politics.

7.   At the time, English speakers, based in the west end, dominated city politics and finances.

8.   A generation after it helped install Ed Koch in Gracie Mansion, The New York Post has become a conservative fixture in city politics.

9.   Alas, city politics has barely been heard from since.

10.   But the real culprit was the culture of city politics, which prefers to rely on the courts rather than the voters to decide who will win local elections.