21.   A critical question facing Democrats is when to compromise.

22.   A critical question for the retailer is whether Martha Stewart, its most important and visible supplier, will continue to supply the stores with her line of housewares.

23.   A critical philosophical question taking shape is whether individuals have a constitutional right to punitive damages.

24.   But at a time when SUNY faces critical questions about its future, the search had run into difficulties.

25.   But a critical question is whether, on close scrutiny, these offerings are as significant as they purport to be.

26.   But the surprising budget numbers raise a critical question about what to do with an expected surplus.

27.   But the measure leaves it to the state and districts to sort out the critical question of whether standardized tests or principal evaluations should measure performance.

28.   But until McCain came along to make things awkward for them, Republicans had a decade of ducking the critical Buchanan question.

29.   But, by effectively robbing Oswald of an ideological motive, Warren left a critical question unresolved and provided fodder for conspiracy theorists.

30.   Clarke said a critical question for the administration would be how much a government computer network would cost.