Yet it is a tribute to this competition that we begin to engage such issues seriously.

"There is insufficient time to engage and discuss issues that are important," Dorsey says.

"Free Zone" was one of many films in the festival that engaged contemporary issues directly rather than through allegory.

Public relations professionals saw Sidewiki as another venue that will need managing, but which offered an opportunity to engage with complaints and spot 'hot issues'.

But by choosing to run she has obligated herself to find ways to engage issues, the public and the press.

The group used a mixture of artistic expression, including installation, painting, sculpture and performance, engaging with language, environmental and land rights issues.

Above all, Weber's pictures engage issues of power.

Michael Palmer wrote that the book movingly engages "eternal issues."

Allen continued to engage racial issues throughout his eight years in office.

"Members of Congress traditionally don't engage issues before they have to."