11.   But the crucial vote came earlier, on a Republican amendment that would have exempted many employers from paying the increased wage.

12.   But the school shootings in the last year and a half led him to change his mind and become the crucial vote in the Senate.

13.   But they have declined to do so because they fear it could drain crucial votes from the impeachment side.

14.   Crucial presidential votes travel by surface streets, while pigs fly.

15.   Editors choose, and by picking one brand over another, they are, in effect, casting crucial votes.

16.   Except for the crucial votes, the finale should have been dreadful television.

17.   Even if Chretien lacks a majority after the voting, the Liberals could cling to power by relying on a small opposition party for crucial votes.

18.   For the moment, Bossi seems prepared to keep up his threats, which include walking out of Parliament on crucial votes.

19.   Forty-three Republicans broke with Armey on a crucial earlier vote that made passage of the bill possible.

20.   Hamilton Monday made a strategic concession that could earn him the crucial vote he might need.