51.   So brutal was our ignorance of societal power that we mistook its very essence.

52.   Still, Jamison said, far from from corroding the political process, negative campaigning is the very essence of it.

53.   Such borrowing between media is the very essence of Islamic art.

54.   The event, according to Holman, will challenge the very essence of political conventiondom, right down to its most familiar moment.

55.   The idea that our lives are not preordained is the very essence of modernism.

56.   The rule barring criticism of the MTA is clearly unconstitutional, since the very essence of the First Amendment is to protect the right to criticize government.

57.   The traditional fuel is wood, since smoke is the very essence of barbecue.

58.   The standoff between character and context captures the very essence of the Orton comic spirit.

59.   The very essence of a human being is his or her interaction with the environment.

60.   The very essence of the form, the jam session, is based on one-upmanship.