11.   After only two years on the job, Ms. Carrozza should be allowed to continue to pursue these vital issues.

12.   But Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., said health care was a vital issue.

13.   But some delegates were less optimistic and said Clinton was skirting vital issues.

14.   But vital issues remain in the trail of this tragedy.

15.   Education became a vital issue for Clinton during the presidential campaign.

16.   Enlargement tops the agenda, but other issues vital to the Union will also be negotiated.

17.   His engagement with the vital social issues of his day was worthy of the highest traditions of journalism.

18.   House members can also demand that the governor replace any nominees whose grasp of vital issues is inadequate.

19.   In a recent Pew survey, voters said that Bush cared more about this vital issue than did Gore.

20.   In addition, such vital issues as energy and minimum wage remain nonstarters.