21.   But a special session of the Florida Legislature authorized by committee vote Thursday could add another critical element to the bewildering legal and political tangle.

22.   But even wartime patriotism was not without its critical element.

23.   But it is water that is the most critical element for plants in winter.

24.   For their part, Republicans moved to portray Clinton as more committed to abortion than to critical elements of his foreign policy.

25.   Free agency and the NFL draft are the most critical elements, but it also is vital for the Cowboys to retain their own free agents.

26.   He was a critical element in the Blake deal.

27.   His friend Shan Lihong had a different view on what the critical element of the game was.

28.   Ideas about the origin of life, he noted, fall into three classes, depending on which critical element of life is deemed to have started first.

29.   In German wines, balance is the most critical element.

30.   In hindsight, though, they can see that they overlooked or neglected a critical element of the investment decision.