"Europe" hogs the headlines only when local institutions are being overridden by EU projects, such as the single currency.
"The higher-interest-rate story is being overridden by the amount of wealth potential homeowners have amassed," said Richard Yamarone, an economist with the Argus Research Corporation.
It is distributing hundreds of "Armstrong's Wrong" T-shirts to citizens, contending that majority will is being overridden by the mayor, not the police.
The electoral mandate of the Syriza party, it is said, is being overridden by Greece's creditors.In fact, there have always been limits on voters' freedom to pursue their desired economic policies.
"For the time being any nervousness is being overridden by high demand for the short supply of suitable homes for sale in the lower and middle market in many parts of the country".
There are still important differences in the vibrancy of local economies, but those distinctions are being overridden by a mortgage market that has made it much more difficult for many would-be buyers to obtain financing.
"The public's right to know what governments do in our name is being overridden by public servants seeking to cover up a scandal in order to persecute and prosecute a whistleblower.
It will be important to determine, perhaps through re-implantation of VPA-treated embryos, whether the induced changes in Hox gene acetylation reported here can alter spatial or temporal patterns of Hox gene expression later in development when silencing signals are being overridden.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky). said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama was being "disingenuous" about his ability to override the National Security Agency and end its bulk collection of data, arguing that in fact Obama could act on his own to end the program.
"I am saying a future Conservative government would no longer subsidise onshore wind and have a proper system in the planning system so that local views are paramount, rather than being overridden by national imperatives.
