21.   And such issues have become crucial for this museum as it re-evaluates its relationship to modernity.

22.   And the issue has become a big part of state politics.

23.   As a new mother of an adopted son, she said, the issues have become even more important.

24.   As a practical matter, the issue becomes stickier as the reach of the antidiscrimination laws is lengthened beyond what the public considers reasonable.

25.   Around Santa Fe, the football prayer issue has become a matter of intense civic pride.

26.   As issues have become increasingly complex, demanding more detailed regulations, specialized bureaus and agencies have been assigned individual sectors.

27.   As last year wore on, the issue became not whether the federal budget should be balanced but when and how.

28.   As liberal political issues became national policies, American liberalism lost many of its unifying themes.

29.   As the country has become more multicultural and immigration issues have become more virulent, the debate has intensified.

30.   As the issues become more complex, they arouse fewer passions.