But the dominant sentiment is that the drug issue was unlikely to sink his candidacy immediately and might well not be the paramount issue.

TWO of the dominant sentiments in America today are the desire to get tough on criminals and the desire to reduce government spending.

Still, the dominant sentiment here is clearly in favor of the trade pact.

For the next 20 years, the dominant sentiment among politicians and prosecutors was "nothing works," and treatment fell out of favor - particularly in the crack years.

Still, optimism was the dominant sentiment in stock markets around the world, even though a late-September slide pared what had been extremely strong gains.

The dominant sentiment among private analysts was that growth is likely to slacken significantly in the current quarter.

The dominant sentiment in the East appears to be suspicion.

But a more dominant sentiment is expressed in the hundreds of hand-painted signs at homes that border the national forest, thanking firefighters and calling them heroes.

But the dominant sentiment at another session was quite different.

That fear of totalitarian public control is still a dominant sentiment.