1.   How the next U.S. president would seize that opportunity should be a defining issue of the presidential campaign.

2.   As governor he was seen as a moderate with little interest in race, less a defining issue in Arkansas than in other Southern states.

3.   But Cellucci said he did not use the death penalty as a defining issue in making the judicial appointments.

4.   But as the war in Bosnia ended and Djindjic sensed that nationalist sentiment was waning, he turned to the economy as a defining issue.

5.   But it has rarely been a defining issue in state political campaigns.

6.   But the Arizonan was pushing for campaign finance reform before he became a presidential candidate in need of a defining issue.

7.   But the poll also shows that while so far there is no single defining issue, an opening exists for a moderate who favors abortion rights.

8.   But with globalization, defense, and foreign policy as defining issues, either Mitchell or Kerry, an experienced internationalist, could run rings around the GOP ticket.

9.   Eric Blackwood, a vice president at J.C. Penney, the nationwide chain of department stores, agrees that price is the defining issue for the American market.

10.   Ever since George Bush was sinking to defeat four years ago, they have tried to make the Clinton character the defining issue.