1.   As a matter of practice, though, such debts often linger for years, especially for a candidate who has left politics.

2.   At the time, Tindall said leaders of the Metropolitan Spiritual Churches Inc. ordered him to leave politics and concentrate on his church.

3.   A little over a year ago, when Stein decided to leave politics, Pabon looked for a career change.

4.   After leaving politics, he made a second career out of whipping the National Football League in antitrust actions.

5.   But executives were expected to leave politics to the PRI.

6.   But Rich leaves politics to the politicians.

7.   But the emphasis in Chinese culture on seniority made it impossible for him to leave politics, or for politics to function without his intervention.

8.   Even after he lost his bid to be the Democratic nominee for president, Kennedy did not leave politics.

9.   Gov. Stephen E. Merrill is leaving politics, at least temporarily.

10.   He vowed that he would not leave politics and warned that his defeat might be a harbinger for the presidential election this month.