21.   The flag issue may get even hotter if the NAACP boycotts Mississippi, as it did South Carolina.

22.   The gathering of opposing forces on the flag issue also foreshadows another disruptive legislative session in South Carolina.

23.   The Knicks have moved their pre-playoff training camp out of Charleston in response to the flag issue.

24.   The speech Wednesday comes at a time when the flag issue is cresting in South Carolina.

25.   The spokesman, Rex Nelson, said he did not expect the flag issue to interest people in Little Rock much.

26.   We never knew it, but the Georgia flag issue was a really big thing in our lives, all along.

27.   What gives the flag issue added salience, Beasley said, is a political climate marked by attacks on affirmative action and on the redistricting changes sought by blacks.

28.   When he is asked about the flag issue in South Carolina, Bush has repeatedly said that the matter was for South Carolinians to decide.

29.   Whenever he is asked about the flag issue in South Carolina, Bush has repeatedly said that the matter is for South Carolinians to decide.

30.   A poll by Georgia State University earlier this year indicates the flag issue could be political poison.