41.   Concern for the future of these health and income benefit programs is driving an intense debate in Washington and around the country.

42.   Congress and voters will engage for at least the next several weeks in an intense debate about the merits and demerits of the Republican budget.

43.   Each has been the focus of intense debate among industry groups, civil libertarians and the government.

44.   Financial conflicts of interest are the subject of intense debate in medicine.

45.   For years both governments have asserted that no high-ranking military officials were involved in the slayings, which provoked an intense debate about U.S. policy in Central America.

46.   He left for the United States on Wednesday to avoid becoming caught up in the intense debate over the Patten report and will return on Monday.

47.   His decision to seek resolutions in both houses endorsing the Gulf War came after intense debate in the White House over whether he was setting a bad precedent.

48.   How best to make this transition is the subject of intense debate between local and long-distance companies and the regulators.

49.   How he would balance those powerful, conflicting influences is a matter of intense debate already.

50.   I tuned into WFAN during a recent drive from State College, Pa., and was intrigued by an intense debate over the issue of awarding the Heisman Trophy.