The fear is that, as troubling as the Detroit case has been, the political intrusion may not stop with affirmative action.

Traditionally Mexico has guarded its sovereignty jealously against political intrusions by its northern neighbor.

Italy's banking system has been particularly sclerotic, the victim in the past of political intrusion, poor management and weak or nonexistent financial services.

There lies as much casino space as in Atlantic City, the product of far less political intrusion and a much more modest start.

To resolve such matters through an act of Parliament, he said, "is a recipe for inflexibility, with a chance for political intrusion."

"The feeling among the faculty is that this is the quintessential example of political intrusion."

Naturally, neoclassical economists will stand aghast at what they regard as an unwarranted political intrusion into the realm of positive economics.

It is entirely possible that the board really didn't like the movie in the first place, since political intrusions into the creative process are uncommon here.

"We're concerned there is a political intrusion in the search process," Anthony Anthony Dovi, the president of the student government association, said earlier this week.