1.   Dole, raised in a Democratic family, registered as a Republican because the party dominated local politics.

2.   The party may nevertheless dominate the bureaucracy, thereby leaving politicians rather than administrators in control.

3.   And in recent times neither political party has dominated the state.

4.   Arafat will control his council tightly, having made sure that his Fatah party dominates it.

5.   Because his party dominated the colonial parliament, Lini was poised to become prime minister.

6.   But neither party dominates the Senate, and no one expects a party line vote.

7.   Democrats point out that the party still dominates local politics in much of the state.

8.   Duhalde hopes that the two houses of Congress, which his Peronist party dominates, will debate his proposal on Saturday and approve it no later than Sunday.

9.   He also broke the spell of seven decades of Mexican history that had seen the party dominate the political and psychological landscape.