As the political debate gets louder and nastier, it sucks all the air out of the news cycle, leaving other issues crying for attention.

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But two issues cry out for further attention.

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If you look at the global economy, there are many issues that merit more attention, for example, the question of quantitative easing.

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Calling for respect, calling attention to their issues, and calling out injustice wherever they see it: These are more important battles to fight.

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We're going to see the Internet facilitate continuous partial attention more and more for local issues, for political issues, for community events, for things happening in your social network.

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For all the attention paid to social issues in the run-up to the primaries, exit poll results from both states showed that a majority of voters ranked the economy as the most important issue in the race, far above abortion and immigration.

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Objective of this Consultation was to provide orientation to the legislators about the challenges and issues of basic education and literacy in the country, and seek their support for increased attention and priority to the achievement of EFA goals by 2015.

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Supporters of the bill say the move would force White House hopefuls to pay more attention to issues important to California and give the state more say in selecting the final candidates for president.

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