1.   Therefore, any management book worthy of the name should have that as a pivotal issue, not give it short shrift.

2.   And certainly not when abortion can be made to seem the pivotal issue.

3.   Assembly Democrats have had difficulty generating that kind of money from the health care industry in the past, but several pivotal issues are now coming to a head.

4.   Assistant Chief Kenneth Donohue, head of the Transit Division, said he welcomed the additional staff but did not view patrol strength as a pivotal issue.

5.   Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, who announced the project last December, said that affirmative action should not become the pivotal issue.

6.   For instance, heavy use of groundwater for crop irrigation in southwest Georgia has emerged as a pivotal issue in the negotiations.

7.   How far-reaching those changes are, however, is the pivotal issue.

8.   In announcing the bill, the governor appeared to be renewing his effort to make crime a pivotal issue for the Legislature in an election year.

9.   James Ponsoldt, a University of Georgia Law School professor who specializes in antitrust issues, said the case has the potential to address pivotal issues.

10.   Many pivotal issues like sovereignty, taxation, foreign policy and financing for regional development now require unanimous votes.