21.   Any Indian leader faces the fact that India is a democracy in which millions of poor voters play a decisive role in choosing governments.

22.   But among those who do seek jobs in the clergy, quality of life plays an increasingly decisive role as they question the long hours and unrelenting demands.

23.   But his pit crew, Gordon said, played a decisive role in the first short-track race of the NASCAR season.

24.   But in an effort to play an even more decisive role in the nominating process, California moved its primary into early March along with other populous states.

25.   But most recent commerce secretaries have not had a decisive role in overall trade strategy or economic foreign policy.

26.   But the debate over whether to abolish it is intensifying, and the outcome will play a decisive role in determining whether Turkey joins the European Union.

27.   Chechnya is a republic in which clans and village ties often play a decisive role, and Znamenskoye has sometimes found itself the odd man out.

28.   Despite a history going back ages, and despite occasional grim successes, germ weapons have never played decisive roles in warfare or terrorism.

29.   For the first time in more than three frustrating decades, California Republicans are poised to play a decisive role in choosing a presidential nominee.

30.   Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, could play a decisive role in deciding whether the plan is adopted at the convention.