Politically treacherous and almost incomprehensibly huge, the New York City public school system has defeated half a dozen chancellors in just the last decade.

Initially England imported its mast trees from the Baltic states, but it was an expensive, lengthy and politically treacherous proposition.

For Mr. Bush, negotiating a bipartisan package of measures to help the economy has been politically treacherous from the start.

Digital Equipment Corporation, feeling its way into a politically treacherous new market for its computer products, also chose Thebe as a partner.

His idea intertwines two areas, debt and health care, that could be politically treacherous for Mr. Pataki.

His ability to maneuver through politically treacherous waters had been passed on to his son.

But White House officials have yet to decide a number of crucial and politically treacherous subjects, most particularly, the issue of cutting benefits to future retirees.

The debate over the Denver airport has demonstrated that airports, like prisons, remain politically treacherous.

Their distaste for war makes it embarrassing and politically treacherous for Mr. Schröder to back away from his antiwar stance.

Indeed, even using the words "deadlines" or "timetables" has become politically treacherous.