The current wave of change in welfare has prompted politicians to consider adoption as a tool for reducing the welfare rolls.

The compound mind had even conquered the earplugs through which aides prompted politicians as they debated this crisis on the local diet's floor.

Mr. Thiele believes the threat of secession has prompted politicians to favor his constituents on issues like farmland preservation and real-estate transfer taxes.

It has also prompted several Israeli politicians on the left to advocate dropping the legal ban on talking with the P.L.O.

In response to that, Mr. Baker made the contents of the first letter public, prompting politicians here to assail Mr. Levy.

They worry that these workers are badly equipped for the demanding jobs of the 21st century, prompting politicians to propose several measures to deal with the problem.

At the same time, the Japanese economy has fallen into recession, prompting fellow politicians to criticize him publicly for his austere fiscal policies.

But Bechler's death prompted politicians to call for baseball to ban ephedra, as if only baseball players could be affected by its use.

But he and Aaron Wilson, his campaign manager, hope that their raising of the issue will prompt other politicians to speak up.

But the shift in tone was enough to prompt politicians across the state to begin lining up for what promises to be a heated debate.