11.   The question of whether to permit smoking, always a contentious one, has special urgency for both psychiatric professionals and patients.

12.   They pushed history before them, and they have its urgency.

13.   Her views have an urgency to be heard.

14.   His voice is both flexible and sturdy enough for the demanding role, and his bright, ringing sound has an urgency that is reminiscent of the young Pavarotti.

15.   The issue has gain urgency the week before the pope travels to Lebanon, where an Iranian-backed Muslim guerrilla group, Hezbollah, operates.

16.   The words have the urgency of a college drama major, which Kunstler is.