1.   One vital step missed out in the description above is the calibration stage.

2.   Booth urges a wrap-up exercise that not only assigns the vital follow-up steps but helps the organization continue to refine its meeting skills.

3.   But several world bodies are encouraging member countries to at least collect more information, a vital first step toward regulating the industry.

4.   Controlling crime is considered a vital first step toward revitalizing the city.

5.   Early analyses suggest Bush has taken vital steps toward moving in that direction.

6.   For the Chinese the launch was a vital step on the road to an ambitious space program.

7.   Getting teachers over their frustration may be the most vital step in the process of bringing technology into schools, said Ted Mitchell of UCLA.

8.   He and his friends believe that admission to a select college is a vital step on the road to success.

9.   He is walking a political tightrope as Congress debates whether to grant China permanent normal trading privileges, a vital step for its entry into the World Trade Organization.

10.   He will also gain the assistance of NATO peacekeepers in disarming and pacifying ethnic Albanian guerrillas, a step vital to restoring peace to Kosovo.