51.  By taking some troops out of Bosnia, even if only a few, the administration would gain some political capital at home, the officials said.

52.  Certain officials, like Ruettgers, see political capital in an anti-immigrant message at a time of fears over global economic pressures.

53.  Chirac has now staked considerable political capital on ending the siege of Sarajevo.

54.  Clinton left that dismal meeting in Seattle infuriated that the Chinese president had squandered so much of his time and political capital with a pointless harangue.

55.  Clinton picked Glickman despite his vote against the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the global trade agreement upon which the president had staked considerable political capital.

56.  Consequently, many political analysts are asking why the prime minister would choose to waste political capital on such a thorny issue.

57.  Cuomo won, and the political capital of Featherstonhaugh rose, as did his wealth.

58.  Daley also dismissed any talk of Gore sacrificing any long-term political capital in this period as grousing by potential rivals.

59.  Echeverri is the fifth cabinet minister named in less than two weeks, in a shuffle that seeks to replenish the Samper administration with new political capital.

60.  Experts say that the prospect that lawmakers will expend the political capital and make the controversial changes necessary to overhaul a popular program are remote.