1.   And that basic insight leads us to why the national political scene is so totally screwed up.

2.   As the Internet gathers pace, so too will its impact on the political scene.

3.   Both Lo and the Lotus Fund are new on the political scene.

4.   Hamas, however, sought to participate in the formal political scene.

5.   He is still a major figure on the international political scene.

6.   Kostunica had been on the political scene for years and had never attracted such support.

7.   No wonder prime ministers treated him as their equal, and lesser mortals on the political scene regarded him with awe.

8.   Silber is an impatient, some might say petulant, player on the local political scene.

9.   Some of these, for example the popular fronts in the republics, established themselves as significant features of the political scene.

10.   The new power brokers on the political scene have not fared better either.