21.   Assembly Democrats have had difficulty generating that kind of money from the health care industry in the past, but several pivotal issues are now coming to a head.

22.   As the end of the year approached, the issue came to a head.

23.   At a news conference Wednesday, House minority leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., bounded out of the room when the Condit issue came up.

24.   Assembly Speaker Cruz Bustamante kept the issue bottled up in committee this year, though he has agreed to allow the issue to come to a vote in January.

25.   Bar-Illan, who was in New York when the magazine issue came out, denied saying such a thing.

26.   - When the issue came up in July, the twin towers of the World Trade Center stood tall.

27.   A new international bond issue could come even sooner, Cabrera said.

28.   A second issue came out that fall and two more this year.

29.   After two hours of debate Sunday on the issue of visits, Samaranch used shrewd manipulation to ban them when the issue came to a vote.

30.   Aides say he is interested in broadening his appeal among minority groups, though when meeting with them the affirmative-action issue often comes up.