The second volume lacks the bucolic bright spots and familial furies of "Boyhood" but has an overriding, suspenseful issue: when and how will our hero find his vocation, evident to us readers if not yet to him, as a world-class novelist?
"Education is one of those issues that fills a vacuum," Mr. Newport said, something for the voters and the candidates to talk about in a year when no overriding issue like the economy or international tensions is dominating the debate.
"When there was an overriding issue or event, the blog was a locus and a magnet, attracting tens of thousands of readers" to a particular post, she said, "with the Deepwater Horizon spill as a great example".
But Lord knows, I want him to stay". When asked whether money was the overriding issue, Doubleday said: "From the sublime to the ridiculous, to that extent it's an issue.
The Panamera Turbo is a brilliant example of the kind of ultra-high-performance sedan a sports car company can build when cost control is not an overriding issue.
When control of Congress is not an overriding issue, lawmakers can turn from an election to policy making without life-and-death political considerations looming over every issue and every decision.
Sanford's actions in his personal life are a major turnoff for many GOP voters in the district, but he remains far closer to their views when it comes to economic matters — the overriding issue in this and every district at the moment — than does Colbert Busch.
When voters in 37 states select their governors next month, the overriding issue will be, of course, the economy.
But the overriding issue is age.
Among Republicans, the overriding issue was the deficit.
