1.   Already, the abortion issue may have clouded the prospects of one candidate, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, to become head of the National Institutes of Health.

2.   Many moderate Republicans were angry that the volatile issue could cloud progress with their agenda.

3.   Now, the patent issue is clouding the test and a number of other gene tests for neurological and other diseases.

4.   The death penalty issue had clouded the legal effort by the United States to return Kopp to stand trial.

5.   There are those who worry that the melding of exchanges could result in monopolistic tendencies and that regulatory and accounting issues will cloud a global financial network.

6.   Other issues also cloud the Beijing talks, including the disappearance of a South Korean missionary near the Chinese-North Korean border in June.

7.   Japan wants the islands back, and the issue has clouded relations between Moscow and Tokyo for the past half-century, though ties have been improving recently.

8.   Singirok asked Andrew not to allow the issue to cloud the Sandline affair.