21.   The issue was somewhat clouded last year, however, by a Harvard study that seemed to indicate that living longer required hard exercise.

22.   The issue is clouded further by political correctness, Buxton said.

23.   The law had no sooner gone into effect than a warning from Washington appeared to cloud the issue yet again.

24.   The problem, critics say, is that the marketing muscle behind these remedies may cloud the issues in the minds of many consumers.

25.   Therefore, it became invidious to cloud the issue.

26.   This has not been his forte, and notoriety only seems to cloud the issue.

27.   Those rulings, among others, have clouded the issue of affirmative action.

28.   To be sure, one analysts said investor unrest over Fed monetary policy may be clouding larger issues.

29.   To people familiar with the due diligence typical before an acquisition, these explanations only clouded the issue.

30.   Under ordinary circumstances, Long Beach Ice Dogs center Patrik Stefan probably would be the automatic first choice, but his concussions have clouded the issue.