However, his political influence over such matters was regarded by city officials as critically important.
Administration officials had cited Italy and Japan as critically important in efforts to forge a consensus against terrorism.
"It's clear that the Iranians view U.S. participation in the E.U. talks as critically important," he said.
And for all his annoyance about the public's ignorance about his other accomplishments, Dr. Comfort never left any doubt that he saw sex as critically important.
In particular, the administration views it as critically important to maintain the international component of the American-dominated military coalition in Iraq.
Sales of macrolides, also classed as critically important to human health, rose from 59 to 67 tonnes in the same period.
The Sudan has been viewed by the United States and Egypt as critically important to their interests in Africa and the Middle East.
Our analysis identified the middle section of the Volta Grande as critically important for the conservation of this diverse, endemic fish fauna.
One issue that people involved in the discussions described as critically important is whether the Imperial Valley farmers or the Imperial Valley Irrigation District, represented by an elected board responsible to 170,000 people, holds the farmers' primary water rights.
The financiers, including Aviva Investors, Strathclyde Pension Fund and Coller Capital, are particularly concerned about the use of antibiotics classified as "critically important" to human health and the routine use of drugs on factory farms to prevent disease.
I view this discussion — done as broadly as possible and with as many people as possible involved — as critically important, because the financial system is fraught with conflicts of interest and lacks basic rules of accountability.
