Franken's side wanted a fast-track schedule because of what it called the overriding public interest in Minnesota seating a second senator. From Wordnik.com. [News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio] Reference
The two transactions are related to limited-term overriding royalty interests for oil and gas reserves in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. From Wordnik.com. [AIG Unit Raises $60.5 Million in Asset Sale] Reference
Senate moderates played a part in an earlier 79-14 roll call overriding his veto of a water-resources bill. From Wordnik.com. [Why Moderate Republicans Wield Newfound Clout] Reference
Frequently the reaching of a critical point of pain is the wake-up call overriding the long held need for secrecy or pretense. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Elsbeth Meuth: The Tiger Phenomenon - Chasing the Illusion] Reference
I was impressed by how carefully she explained this, and I admired the idea of overriding abstract rules to take care of real people. From Wordnik.com. [Under His Nose] Reference
It was the kind of overriding issue that fed into the way a lot of them voted. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2006] Reference
However, an "overriding" principal would oversee both campuses, she said. From Wordnik.com. [Star News Group] Reference
The Secretary-General also urges the Government and its partners to make security sector reform an "overriding" priority. From Wordnik.com. [NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories] Reference
Legislators will meet for a few days in May but only for limited matters, such as overriding vetoes or approving labor contracts. From Wordnik.com. [JSOnline.com] Reference
We always got in the habit of "overriding" the pump suggesting and doing our own correction because we knew it just wasn't enough. From Wordnik.com. [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes] Reference
Any ideas on how I can keep an image up on the screen without 'overriding' a full screen application so the macro can continue to work?. From Wordnik.com. [AutoHotkey Community] Reference
But there's one overriding number here, Paul: 15%. From Wordnik.com. [Time for Tea?] Reference
The overriding consideration for the Israelis is security. From Wordnik.com. [JAMES WOLFENSOHN] Reference
"The overriding change was the revitalization of the Democratic Party," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero] Reference
The staunchly independent Bundesbank sees fighting inflation as its overriding task. From Wordnik.com. [Europe In Pieces] Reference
Security changes its character significantly since there is no one overriding threat. From Wordnik.com. [Scowcroft: 'I Think They Got The Message'] Reference
The overriding consideration for the Palestinians is that they want a better life, jobs. From Wordnik.com. [JAMES WOLFENSOHN] Reference
But the overriding memories are hardly material for a cheery slide show back in Vancouver. From Wordnik.com. [HAVING FUN DOING GOOD] Reference
The overriding reason is that there is an unprecedented increase in the capacity on the market. From Wordnik.com. [Turbulence At Heathrow] Reference
In the 1990s, democracy promotion replaced anticommunism as Washington's overriding policy focus. From Wordnik.com. [Fixing Uncle Sam’s Image Problem] Reference
But I expect the overriding issue will be either one ideological issue or who can win in November. From Wordnik.com. [Convention Wisdom] Reference
On the overriding issue facing the president -- the war in Iraq -- some reality has slowly crept in. From Wordnik.com. [Bush in the Bubble] Reference
The most overriding concern, of course, is the simple, day-in and day-out maintenance of the legacy. From Wordnik.com. [Arts Extra: Here, There And Everywhere] Reference
The overriding story was the brilliance of the Democrats 'strategy and the sheer bungling of the GOP. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge To 2000] Reference
But the overriding reality seems almost un-American: we simply don't have a solution for this problem. From Wordnik.com. [Greenhouse Simplicities] Reference
The overriding feeling is apprehension, a vague fear of losing something people thought was theirs to keep. From Wordnik.com. [What If Obama Loses?] Reference
It has inflamed race relations, and it is arguably the overriding issue in this week's city council elections. From Wordnik.com. [The Score: Gates 1, Bradley 0] Reference
It has been reduced from an instrument of overriding national goals into one of narrow and sometimes petty purposes. From Wordnik.com. [The Spigot Of Last Resort] Reference
Perhaps the new team's overriding challenge is to overcome the snobbery among Seoul's elite toward poor, rural Cholla. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair Of Country Boys] Reference
But there's at least one overriding difference: "We can't leave," says an officer with a major U.S. security firm in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [THE DARK ROAD AHEAD] Reference
The Clinton administration's overriding objective is to stop the exodus of refugees and have them return to Kosovo in safety. From Wordnik.com. [What Do We Do Now?] Reference
Russia, he says, knows that it needs good relations with the United States -- but that doesn't mean overriding Moscow's own interests. From Wordnik.com. [Balancing Act] Reference
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