1.  A cordon of armour was parked around newspapers and broadcasting stations, and key members of the previous administration were arrested.

2.  A first-class woman columnist would come from the Liverpool Post, along with the man to fill the key job of chief sub-editor.

3.  A half-dozen key players have been there.

4.  A key adaptation in pied flycatchers, therefore, is the timing of their breeding season.

5.  A key area of contention is the call for the wilderness to be opened to oil and gas drilling.

6.  A key aspect of this part of the mix is the life-cycle of the product.

7.  A key characteristic of research is that it is public.

8.  A key chemical messenger in this process is leptin, a recently discovered hormone made by fat cells.

9.  A key concept in understanding such major shifts, and relating them to wider economic change, is uneven development.