1.   These configurations reflected shifting alliances among the various political groups and figures.

2.   An academic couple and their house guests have a long, boozy encounter filled with verbal sparring, sexual tension, shifting alliances, humiliations and revelations.

3.   And the shifting political alliances on the crime bill left many voters wondering who to trust.

4.   Even on a good day, New York politics is a morass of throbbing egos and shifting alliances.

5.   Italian politics have long been enlivened by baroque feuds and shifting alliances.

6.   Shifting alliances led by the two parties have alternated in power ever since.

7.   These pros have often worked together, in shifting alliances, to develop compromises that took the harsh edges off divisive legislation and achieved real governing progress.

8.   Veteran Survivorites scope the scene, analyze the personalities, factor in the shifting alliances, and make predictions that can be backed with conviction.

9.   But as the low turnout showed, many voters were put off by the proliferation of parties and shifting alliances.

10.   Some potential voters are put off by the proliferation of parties and shifting alliances.