21.   As good as that must have felt, the semifinal that matters most comes Friday.

22.   As in other states, economic issues mattered most to the Republicans who voted on Tuesday.

23.   As much as owners also want to have some semblance of an NBA this year, they realize it is the players who know the score that matters most.

24.   As his father did once before him, Texas closer Huston Street got the job done when it mattered most.

25.   At a recent environmental campaign event, Mike Mueller, a Boulder resident and environmental activist, was asked what issues mattered most to him.

26.   At least not at the start, when it mattered most.

27.   Banks in the U.S., Europe and Japan have been joining forces this decade to better compete in a world where size matters most.

28.   Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but Indiana, as author William Gildea says, is where the game matters most.

29.   Behind the scene seems to matter most, Greco said.

30.   A visible touch of humanity never hurts a public figure, but the idea that symbolic or social kissing is what matters most to women is silly.