"The overarching issue is what will happen in the presidential election," he said.

Thornton suggested the overarching issue in the state was how to protect liberty and equality for white people.

And he has long been concerned about the overarching issue in the strike: the company's growing use of part-time workers.

Voters were hard-pressed to describe an overarching issue on which they based their vote.

This year, there are no such overarching issues.

After all, the Republicans have little interest in facing another election, in two years, where Iraq becomes the overarching issue.

And there, perhaps, is the overarching issue in the company's performance.

The overarching issue is what impact does this bill have in conjunction with total spending levels.

Beyond regionalism, the overarching issue in the election is how to get the Pennsylvania economy moving again.

These issues/factors are some overarching issues driving the sustainable and unsustainable development of the community.