31.   More than half of the construction cost has been paid by the Egyptian government, which has made the project a national priority.

32.   National priorities are raising living standards and finding a way to keep the semisubmerged atolls from disappearing under the waves.

33.   No less than five times he chided the vice president for having failed to take action on what he deemed pressing national priorities.

34.   Over the last year, Clinton has sought to make energy efficiency a renewed national priority.

35.   Only recently major environmental organizations like the Sierra Club have made suburban sprawl a top national priority.

36.   Protecting the First Family is an obvious national priority.

37.   Reducing the federal role in education will not help make better schools a national priority.

38.   Rogers said television programming should reflect national priorities.

39.   Reason dictates that conservation would be among national priorities in said energy crisis.

40.   Smith said he is confident the legislation will pass both chambers because immigration reform is a national priority and Americans want Congress to act now.