Sentences with phrase «debate over background»

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The survey came against the background of a number of controversies touching the American Muslim community, ranging from King's hearings to the debate over plans to build an Islamic community center in lower Manhattan.

He also felt that debate over the famous Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1785 formed the essential background to the First Amendment, and that the Virginia Statute was consciously written to guarantee full participation in public life on equal terms by «the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mahometan, the Hindoo, and Infidel of every denomination» (V: 85)

It is very apposite that Benn Steil's The Marshall Plan has been published this year against the background of the Trump Presidency and the debate in the USA over the shift from intervention to a kind of isolationism.

Tenney said she supports taking a look at the federal background check system and argued that the shooting should not change the dynamics of the debate over gun control in her district which encompasses cities like Utica, Rome and Binghamton.

The shooting has re-ignited a nationwide debate over gun control and a push for stronger background checks of those who buy firearms.

«Given his background,» Cohan adds, «Jason would have been a leading voice on health care and adherence to evidence in debates over climate and energy policy.»

Or you can come up with creative collaborative projects that students from different classes can work on together, like writing songs together or having a debate with students from different backgrounds, all over Skype.

Kroiz was particularly gratified by the debates that occur during the afternoon session: «This chance to discuss the work with professionals of varied backgrounds helps to make sure that work that could be passed over or accepted because there was a misinterpretation of the artist's ability was flushed out, with the opportunity to discuss the work further.»

In the entire climate change talks over the years blue carbon was relegated to the background, only last year was the significance of blue carbon put on the marginal agenda and is now shaping specific fora and debate so as to assign priority significance to blue carbon sinks.

My background is in science and I've followed the issues in several fields over the years (the climate debate is an interest to me, but not the main field I track with).