111.  Not to President Clinton, who made it evident he had no intention of wasting political capital to get Weld confirmed.

112.  Now that the mayor is getting along well with Chancellor Rudy Crew, they said, he appears less interested in expending political capital for the changes.

113.  Now even Beijing, the dusty and once-dreary political capital, is being Chuppified with late-model private cars, neon advertising and cell phones.

114.  Once considered the business and political capital of Long Island, Hempstead has fallen on hard times in the last two decades as highways pushed suburbanization further east.

115.  Over the years, he has built his international reputation and his influence in part through a consistent strategy of never squandering his political capital.

116.  Pictures of Yasser Arafat in his trademark kaffiyeh still adorn public spaces, but his political capital has sunk.

117.  Politicians threw away their political capital trying to get ballparks built.

118.  Running comfortably ahead in his own re-election campaign, Giuliani can afford to expend some political capital on making his best case in Albany.

119.  Scaling back his ambitions would leave Bush more political capital and money to concentrate on the social reforms that should be the heart of his legacy.

120.  Some environmental activists say Clinton failed to spend enough political capital to convince Congress of the importance of the environmental bills.