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Idiom vs. Expression | How do you describe people who are low-pitched?
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main issues #1 (permalink) Wed Jul 25, 2007 19:08 pm   main issues		  
Hello, everyone.
I'd like to ask a question about the meaning of 'issues' in the following passage. Does it mean problems or sources of income?

The first area to secede was the relatively prosperous republic of Slovenia in 1991 - despite some skirmishes there was no real fighting. In the end Slovenia could be allowed to leave because it was ethnically homogeneous, not central to the main issues in the country and had always been closer to Austria than the rest of Yugoslavia.
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main issues #2 (permalink) Wed Jul 25, 2007 21:42 pm   main issues		  
Hi,

'Issues' invariably means 'matters of concern' or 'matters of interest'.

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main issues #3 (permalink) Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:16 am   main issues		  
Thank you very much, Alan.
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