1.   As for the asbestos issue, the key question is whether Cheney knew about the potential liability and adequately considered the problem.

2.   But doubters say asbestos issues are what depress the equity.

3.   Hiner shunted the asbestos issue to an office three hours from headquarters.

4.   The company then turned to Edley, who first wrote about asbestos issues earlier this decade, to draft the legislation.

5.   They are used in part to train union leaders on asbestos issues.

6.   This is not the first time CPSC has had to deal with the asbestos issue.

7.   This was not the first time that Owens-Corning, which is based in Toledo, Ohio, had attempted to rein in the asbestos issue.

8.   Newspapers in Montana and Washington state reported the asbestos issue in November, quoting medical authorities, survivors of asbestosis victims and people now suffering the disease.