21.   In pretending to examine vital racial issues, the movie really just reinforces some stereotypes.

22.   In the end, though, the vital issue is availability.

23.   Just when the whales reached their low ebb is a vital issue for scientists trying to gauge their prospects for recovery.

24.   Limbaugh stimulates public debate about vital issues, and he engages in that debate people who otherwise might never think about such things.

25.   NATO now faces issues vital to its future.

26.   Naturally, it was easy for people to take their cue from Williams and dwell on other vital issues in Florida.

27.   That is especially true considering the way the administration and Congress have dawdled on this vital issue.

28.   The faith assertion that the birth of Jesus was the incarnation of God is the absolutely vital issue of Christmas.

29.   The latest high-stakes shouting match over a vital environmental issue has obscured a central fact about environmental law.

30.   The National Conference of Catholic Bishops, which met in Atlanta last week, chose not to address many vital issues that face the Roman Catholic Church.