Secondary issues included ICU and hospital LOS, mechanical ventilation support, development of individual organ failure and 28-day all-cause mortality.
Mr. Birnbaum called these "secondary issues".
In this book, these are at best secondary issues.
The more we press the Saudis on unpopular secondary issues, the slower they will move on terrorism and reform.
Former Representative Tom Davis of Virginia, a Republican, said Mr. Obama was smart to avoid fights on secondary issues.
With survival literally at stake, and broad consensus required to enable major changes, arguments about secondary issues should be muted.
They can also launch secondary issues of other shares at the new price established by the IPO.
Another provision would prohibit drug companies from listing patents with the F.D.A. on secondary issues like packaging that could be used to trigger automatic delays for frivolous reasons.
The Council of Jerusalem thus demonstrated the willingness of apostolic leaders to make compromises on certain secondary issues in order to maintain peace and unity in the church.
This trend involves secondary issues such as rotor-to-stator contact interaction which is to be treated with more technical knowledge in rotordynamic design and condition monitoring programs.
For too long, the primary focus of peace negotiations has been incorrectly placed on secondary issues like settlements, borders and the status of holy sites in Jerusalem.
