1.   French and German were deemed essential.

2.   A social tariff -- making a daily quantity of water available at low cost -- has been deemed essential.

3.   Because they take a constitutional oath and would face stiff disciplinary actions, those workers deemed essential and ordered to work must continue to do the job.

4.   Bond markets across Europe followed, since a cut in German interest rates is deemed essential for giving other European central banks leeway to cut their rates.

5.   But that deprives the state of a weapon that most economists deem essential to encourage conservation and to bring wholesale and retail prices into more rational alignment.

6.   Fashion is destiny in New York society, and the Bazaar editors organized an array of outfits they deemed essential for success.

7.   Everyone deems them essential, but their huge costs come atop a program that is already in financial straits.

8.   Furthermore, managed-care plans have tried to limit soaring drug spending by barring certain categories deemed not essential.

9.   If blocking a gene kills the bacterium, then that gene is deemed essential for bacterial survival and could be a target for a drug.

10.   In Washington, three House races were deemed essential by Democrats, all involving freshman Republicans who have weathered blistering attack by organized labor and environmental lobbies.