31.  And despite a decade of suppression, Suu Kyi and her followers remain a potent political force.

32.  And that political force is democracy.

33.  And political forces on Capitol Hill have conspired against immigrants who might fill child-care roles.

34.  And the Russian people have no hope of electing a president representing a political force that might effectively address these problems.

35.  And the credit for defusing this bilateral time bomb goes not to political force but to plain old economic forces.

36.  And the Russian people have no hope of electing a president representing some political force that might aggressively and effectively address these problems.

37.  And this year they are again a political force to reckon with in several important races.

38.  Arafat has made extensive efforts to strike a deal with the political forces of the movement, whose leaders have said they have no link to the armed militants.

39.  As a political force, however, his time passed long ago.

40.  As a result of the negotiations, the Zapatistas have announced their intention to give up their weapons and convert into a peaceful leftist political force.