51.   The line-item veto would give presidents de facto personal authority over the national budget and national priorities.

52.   The proposals demonstrate the choices about national priorities that are embedded in the forthcoming decision about tax cuts.

53.   The Senate resolves to adopt a measure sponsored by Sen. Harry Reid making suicide prevention a national priority.

54.   Washington was insuring the survival of its principal military suppliers and, in a more subtle fashion, shaping an important industry to national priorities.

55.   With such attitudes widespread, India has shown little inclination to make the AIDS threat a national priority.

56.   Yet, other scientists say that the real issue is whether the nation has lost the direction and commitment that once made supercomputing a national priority.

57.   Yet some analysts say McCain may be astutely tapping into a shift in national priorities.

58.   You can see how much our national priorities have changed since the day the world changed.

59.   President Boris Yeltsin on Monday pledged that the government would increase funding for space research, which he called a national priority for Russia.

60.   A former prime minister noted for liberalizing the economy has called for political reform to be a national priority.