1.  Also, they say, most political players recognize that there is no better alternative to the Zedillo presidency.

2.  Although Perry is well-known to Austin political players, only one of every four Texans knew who he was in a statewide poll conducted last summer.

3.  Although this has helped Hispanics to become political players, it also has hindered the development of a national Hispanic political movement.

4.  And the AFL-CIO has become a tougher political player, said Laurence Clements, director of the Labor Center at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

5.  And, of course, there is a collision of interests of some pretty powerful political players that represent old and new economies.

6.  As an ex-congressman and ex-governor, Houston was an immediately political player.

7.  As a consultant to Republican campaigns in New Jersey, Salmore is a political player in his own right.

8.  As lieutenant governor, the presiding officer of the Senate, Bullock was a major political player this decade along with Govs.

9.  At a more modest compound four miles away, Mullah Naquibullah, a prominent political player here, shows off a light brown Land Cruiser.

10.  Before the vice president entered the picture, the most oft-mentioned political players rumored as prospects for the Harvard presidency were Bill and Hillary Clinton.