1.   Written in a straight-forward way, this guide is the ideal introduction to a highly topical subject.

2.   Although Darrow considered himself to be apolitical, occasionally he touched on more topical subjects.

3.   Cattelan frequently comes up with a simple idea -- sometimes based on a topical subject or sometimes based on a thought and then twists it into something original.

4.   Ligon has an eye for provocative, tough-nut topical subjects and is willing to let them stay complicated.

5.   This takes on such topical subjects as the African-American middle class and the culture of pickup basketball.

6.   They contend that rallies on topical subjects would have no meaning if subject to long court delays.