Those family connections proved crucial once she began to practice law.

They had better put that knowledge to use because the next weeks could prove crucial.

This would prove crucial in the outcome of the battle.

As things turned out, the short lapse of time in this case almost certainly proved crucial.

The role of these trained security forces was to prove crucial.

The Internet would prove crucial to both organizing and media.

That proved crucial as the debate over the American bases ground on.

Finally, the next few years will prove crucial to the Commission.

The answer is both, and for Americans to understand why may prove crucial to the nation's economic health.

State officials said it did not yet address transportation or crime control, two issues that proved crucial.