1.  In a turbulent environment, that trust becomes a critical resource, because it helps soften the continuous shocks of change.

2.  It found pervasive evidence that women came up short on everything from hiring and tenure to the allocation of critical resources like research money and lab space.

3.  Key technical specialists or other critical resources assigned to cheetah teams become unavailable to the rest of the organization, which can delay parallel projects.

4.  Officials and businessmen openly say the ministries controlling exports of critical resources routinely demand hefty bribes for granting export licenses.

5.  Papers were considered one critical resource to attract top people for such research.

6.  Such government involvement is antithetical to American business experience, but Gougarty said the Chinese executives are critical resources.

7.  The key segment of the agreement focused on exchanges of Cuban sugar for Russian oil -- a critical resource that the former Soviet Union used to supply to Cuba.