But the indictments marked the first time prosecutors had come up with enough evidence to take on an entire industry critical to the city's economy.

It is not hard to understand how a critical industry could develop around her.

Fortunately the damage to critical industries was minimal and most heavy industry returned to normal quickly.

They understand the legitimate role that government must play in protecting and nurturing critical domestic industries.

Or he can allow years of unfair foreign trade to destroy a critical domestic industry.

"This is one more instance," he said, "where we are going to stand up for American workers in a critical industry."

One approach to investing in these technologies is to set up a series of national experiments in critical industries.

I bet you can list a dozen "critical" industries that will be as relevant to life in 2020 as Singer is to our world today.

Our government has a responsibility to help steer this critical industry to a secure future.

A number of proposed international joint ventures may also pose an immediate risk to critical American industries.