Music was still a dominant topic but there was increasing coverage of celebrities in television, films and the pop culture of the day.
Wherever people gathered, the Steelers were the dominant topic.
The dominant topic at the meeting was literacy.
It is a dominant topic for outdoor organizations and their members.
Only a year ago, in Paris, the environment was the dominant topic, but here it has been shoved from center stage.
Restaurants opened or closed; real estate and private schools remained dominant topics of conversation; people who swore they would leave didn't.
The relocation of the street vendors was the dominant topic of discussion in many parts of Harlem.
The controversy arose during a period when the issue of reasonable accommodations was a dominant topic prior to the start of the campaign.
And in Havana, the country's political tinderbox, the move has pushed aside some of the myriad other problems to become a dominant topic of conversation.
Nonetheless, the gesture has been a dominant topic among black politicians throughout New York City.