1.   The mischief produced by this institution was incalculable because it made religious differences the Deciding factor in every political contest.

2.   Although the debate centered on the qualifications of Foster to be surgeon general, the political contest behind it was important.

3.   Are these exchanges part of the normal give-and-take of a political contest, the exaggerations and embellishments that are the ordinary vernacular of political speech?

4.   As a result, theirs has not just been a political contest.

5.   Attorneys representing the state of Minnesota contend, however, that judicial elections differ from other political contests.

6.   Bobbing, weaving, Ms. Burstein even talks like a boxer when she describes the autumn political contest.

7.   A political contest in which personality suddenly plays a more important role than party voting habits has shaken headquarters control and attracted hopefuls from nontraditional sectors.

8.   A RELUCTANT KENNEDY TURNS BACK ON SUITORS Given the opportunity, a Kennedy usually jumps into a political contest.

9.   Bush first proposed the tax cut during the Republican caucuses in Iowa, the first political contest that propelled him to the presidency.

10.   But a number of political contests where the old and new forces of the West are at work suggests that neither side has it quite right.