The fight has even become an issue in the presidential campaign, with the industry blaming President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency for the onslaught, and Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, hinting that he would roll back some of the rules.
The matter even became an issue in the mayoral campaign, with Christine C. Quinn defending the city's policy and her Democratic opponents, including Anthony D. Weiner and John C. Liu, arguing that the Hasidic practice has stood the test of millenniums.
Mr. Landau's severance package may come as a surprise to some French investors, and some analysts and merger experts say it could even become an issue in what is already a highly political deal.
Russia even became an issue during an election campaign which ignored the world outside Germany in every other respect: SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück accused Merkel of doing too little to get Putin to co-operate on Syria.
The arrests have even become an issue in Lebanon's coming parliamentary elections, with some analysts saying that, intentionally or not, they might benefit the political alliance led by Hezbollah, Israel's primary nemesis here.
The broadcast has since inspired countless headlines, preoccupied pundits on Germany's ubiquitous television talk shows and may even become an issue in national elections this autumn in which left-leaning Social Democrats will be challenging the government coalition led by Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats.
Given the ongoing spat between Barack Obama and the various Republican contenders over the rights and wrongs of the Detroit bail-outs, the Peugeot deal may even become an issue in America's presidential campaign.Leader: Politicians, keep your hands off the wheel .
The euro is so high these days that it has even become an issue in the presidential campaign in France: Nicolas Sarkozy, the conservative candidate for president, has vowed to lobby to lower its value against the dollar if he wins the election in May.
I know Rafa was in my half of the draw, but I would have to win five matches before it even became an issue for me, so it doesn't alter my thinking at all right now.
But the first task, before that debate can even become an issue, is to reach Brazil - and events in Kiev on Tuesday will have great influence on shaping England's hopes.
