31.   Intelligence raised at fund-raisers is considered crucial to political decision making.

32.   It is also valuable territory in that the promotions are considered crucial to help the networks lure viewers back to their TV sets after a summer of reruns.

33.   Kandic considered it crucial not to lump all Serbs together.

34.   Last week, he actively lobbied Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas political party, whose support is considered crucial.

35.   Microsoft, whose support is considered crucial to making the system a success, may sign up.

36.   Measures that would lower taxes and protect private property ownership rights, which many Western investors consider crucial, are also pending.

37.   Politically, Packwood provides a reliable Republican vote, and as the Senate considers legislation crucial to Republican plans to transform government, one more vote could prove handy.

38.   RPR Gencell has formed multiple partnerships in each of the fields it considers crucial to the commercialization of gene therapy.

39.   Robinson is considered crucial to the show because she deals with the contestants as a kind of stern schoolmarm, criticizing them for their inadequacies.

40.   Seeking to inspire a high city voter turnout, which was considered crucial to a Cuomo victory, he appealed repeatedly to regional pride.