But even if a political formula was found, he said, the passions and questions would not go away.

But it was clear that the council, in adopting its political formula, had not made any effort to satisfy Israeli concerns.

Judge Chertoff said he would push to distribute homeland security grants based on risk, instead of on population or even political formulas.

The 45-year-old political formula for Lebanese power sharing has given Christians the legislative and executive posts.

He added that school aid is currently based on a political formula, not on need.

All this has led me to feel that in my search for a political formula, I should be absolutely impartial and objective.

We have to find a political, social and economic formula to deal with Palestinian dissent while keeping our word to make peace with Israel.

Is there an acceptable political formula to cover all these objectives?

Clinton's political formula is now almost universally regarded as a winning one for Democrats.

Complicated political formulas work for a while and then fall apart.