21.  As coach Gregg Popovich put it Tuesday night, "he is the most important part of the equation, no matter how you slice it."

22.  As coach Gregg Popovich said, "He is the most important part of the equation, no matter how you slice it."

23.  Entertaining clients and associates is an important part of doing business here, and it can involve women.

24.  Emery is also an important part of the local economy.

25.  Environmental issues might become an important part of the upcoming campaign for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Bill Bradley.

26.  Equipment for this technology has become an important part of the communications industry, but it has not made up for Lucent's weakness in OC-192 business.

27.  Even if they can't talk yet, they'll get the message that written words are an important part of life.

28.  Establishing firm legal protections for Vietnamese-Americans who want to return home to do business should be an important part of his agenda.

29.  Even though I somehow want to let him go, I want him to stay in Japan, because heroes are an important part of sports."

30.  Even with the best computers, though, important parts of the climate puzzle still elude both the machines and the theoreticians, although progress is being made.