21.   Before John Daly teed off Thursday, he made an important decision.

22.   Absent from the Microsoft witness list is Gates, known as a brilliant and energetic executive who is involved in every important decision made at the company.

23.   Act by act, producers must make important decisions.

24.   Additionally, executives can improve inventory reporting in their companies by actually using the data for important decisions.

25.   Aides to Pierce said that he never developed an interest in housing policy and delegated most important decisions to his staff.

26.   Both parties face important strategic decisions.

27.   Budgeting and saving for school may be the most important decision a college student makes in a year.

28.   But aside from that, Komansky has largely been left out of most important decisions, these people say.

29.   But another associate predicted that Starr would stay until the important decisions were made and the clouds over his office had lifted.

30.   Bush will be faced with an important decision sometime this year, Schumer said.