61.   The United States was losing the space race and thus the Cold War, and many felt the very essence of democracy hung in the balance.

62.   The very essence of comedy is evoked in all its many facets.

63.   The very essence of the on-line world is freedom.

64.   They will bring the very essence of summer to the breakfast table for months to come.

65.   They were its very essence.

66.   To the American Association of University Professors, the small but steady assaults on tenure attack the very essence of the university.

67.   To them, monarchy is about awe and deference, and to put it to a vote is by definition to destroy its very essence.

68.   Trying to recast a public image she did not even have a month ago, she is the very essence of modern celebrity.

69.   Today, Mouton is the very essence of a team player.

70.   Unfortunately for them, an informed public is the very essence of democracy.