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But now there are other issues on the front burners.

Suddenly, six months ago, the idea of having a child was moved onto the front burner for them.

"After yesterday the case is back on the front burner."

He said other parts of the agreement were on the front burner.

There was a pot of something on the front burner.

He said that the selection of a future music director was on the "front burner."

The city does not have residents' concerns on the front burner, he said.

And this, in turn, has kept it off the front burner as a managed care issue.

It got to the front burner when they finished the wine.

Problems like Sunday circulation are moving to the front burner.

"If an issue is on the front burner now, it's hard to say we should wait," he said.

But this has brought it to the front burner again."

One of the tough guys went over and turned on the left front burner, about halfway.

Will he or she keep issues like hiring and promotion on the front burner?

"There is always the possibility of failure on the front burner," he said.

The character made a return to the front burner one last time with a story about Alzheimer's disease in 2012.

But her latest novel moves politics to the front burner.

The citizens group here helped keep the notion of environmental justice on the front burner.

Our arguments, public hearings and work have put this issue on the front burner in the state.

His life and its weird complications was on the front burner right now.

"Put your agenda on the front burner and let it boil."

"But for most voters, peace and prosperity are on the front burner."

The state sales-tax issue is also moving to the front burner.

"Got something new to move to the front burner?"

"Just getting reorganization on the front burner is more than we've achieved in 50 years."