This pivotal question led Carson to become a black activist after returning to civilian life.

Both of the other boys had died by the time Morton asked his pivotal question.

The pivotal question here is "which source of TV entertainment do you want to watch".

Indeed, because there are different views among these three men, a pivotal question being asked these days is not "When will they die?"

The answer to these pivotal questions is a big fat maybe, because the Yankees do not appear to know what direction they should take this winter.

Another "pivotal question," he said, "is the value of the health care business on a stand-alone basis."

Many of those votes have been on nonideological but politically pivotal questions.

I would like to take a moment and address this pivotal question.

But several pivotal questions have been discussed in court.

On the other hand, they will not give any ground on the pivotal questions of the single party system and territorial integrity.