In addition, the rise of drug smuggling, terrorism, espionage and foreign-based organized crime as cutting-edge issues have dealt Thornburgh a role in international policy, which now consumes half his working day.

Many people at the conference, from places like Japan, Germany, Finland and the Netherlands, were sophisticated Internet users, concerned with cutting-edge technical issues.

Today they're cutting-edge issues, and are covered on the front page.

Few major politicians are better than Gov. Pete Wilson at spotting a cutting-edge issue early in a race and then hopping on it for a good ride.

He worked on the famous Herring case and was involved in cutting-edge issues of coverage for asbestos-related claims.

The Center conducts research and policy work on issues ranging from terrorism to cutting-edge issues of national and global security, including cybersecurity.

Mr. Friedman plans to use the colored beads case in his constitutional law classes, saying it raises some cutting-edge constitutional issues.

"He has a positive attitude toward cutting-edge issues but doesn't indulge in controversy for its own sake."

"It's a chance to deal with a cutting-edge legal issue, and bring to bear all the different perspectives on it, within the university community and beyond."

It isn't having a cup of coffee at a lunch counter but being able to get a mortgage to buy the coffee shop that is a cutting-edge issue today, along with crime and political power.