101.  Like the Egyptian president, a number of other Arab leaders had invested personal political capital in supporting American efforts to forge a negotiated settlement.

102.  Many other Democratic politicians are spending their political capital in the fight against Republican plans to curtail Medicare and other programs with large middle-class constituencies.

103.  Mayors must be willing to spend political capital on keeping themselves up to date.

104.  Miller has said his persistence on the issue wasted a lot of political capital and probably made the flag more difficult for future lawmakers to address.

105.  Moderates thought the administration was expending political capital on low-priority social policy.

106.  Never in the history of the modern Olympiad has a head of state made such political capital out of a sporting event.

107.  Neither wants to risk much political capital in the name of a local controversy.

108.  New York is a state in which the legislative system is so partisan and ossified that difficult change requires intense concentration, leadership and risk of political capital.

109.  Nor has he expended much political capital to get anti-abortion measures through the Texas Legislature.

110.  Nor is it obvious how much political capital Bush will expend on trade in a year when tax cuts and education are higher on his agenda.