51.   It is an emotionally charged issue because nearly every Palestinian family has had a father or son jailed by Israel at one time.

52.   It is not the first time Whitman has dealt with racially charged issues.

53.   Leaders were planning to discuss the highly charged issue in the informal atmosphere of a two-day private retreat starting Sunday afternoon.

54.   Market-watchers said soybean prices were pressured by news that the U.S. and China failed to reach agreement on the politically charged issue of genetically modified crops.

55.   No immediate breakthrough was expected on the charged issue.

56.   Responding to a question, Clinton carefully spelled out U.S. policy toward Taiwan, a politically charged issue since China regards Taiwan as a renegade province.

57.   Senate passage came after a bumpy, last-minute detour into the emotionally charged issue of the Boy Scouts and homosexuality.

58.   Senate passage of the bill came after a bumpy, last-minute detour into the emotionally charged issue of the Boy Scouts and homosexuality.

59.   The issue of granting more minority rights to ethnic Hungarians has become a charged issue in Romania, bringing out nationalist sentiments on all sides of the political spectrum.

60.   The latest round of Russian-Chechen talks on the politically charged issue was being held in Dagomys, a resort near Sochi on the Black Sea.