21.  Neier said he feared that the Minsk government was continuing the talks mainly to deflect criticism at the meeting of its crackdown on independent political voices in Belarus.

22.  Of more immediate concern for Hata will be building up a base of Diet members to form a viable political voice in parliamentary matters.

23.  Other Arab commentators have dared to hope that the rulers may be worried enough to think of the future and allow their people an unfettered political voice.

24.  Once a strong political voice, liberals have lost clout to the religious right.

25.  Regina Villa, a health care advocate, described Flaherty as an advocate for the downtrodden who is always accessible to people who have no political voice.

26.  Spreading the wealth leads to greater stability and a middle class that will demand a political voice.

27.  That has led to problems in giving the Italians a political voice to match their cultural presence.

28.  The question on most minds Wednesday was how to harness growing Latino communities into a unified political voice.

29.  The Zapatistas are their self-appointed political voice.

30.  Throughout the country, Asian American community groups are gearing up for education, citizenship and voter registration drives to harness a bigger political voice.