Sentences with phrase «while political debate»

While the political debate that unfolds between Stanley and John during that scene is as forced as the road trip formula that outlines the plot, this emotional argument rings true, especially for us who are critical of Stanley's decision, and a moment of simple brotherly love that caps the scene is truly touching.

On those figures, while the political debate is often about whether Labour's positioning towards business is right or not, it's David Cameron who has the bigger problem.

Not exact matches

While there is a vocal minority who want gun laws in the U.K. relaxed, they do appear to be very small — all the mainstream political parties support strict gun laws, and much of the debate centers on whether the U.K., which already has some of the strictest gun laws in the entire world, needs more control.

The pressure is now on CNN, according to Sesno, to ensure that next week's debate questions move beyond America's fascination with Trump's personality to take a harder look at candidate Trump's actual political plans, while also giving his rival candidates more time in the spotlight.

And while the coming debate over the guaranteed income will inevitably focus on political and economic viability, in the end the authors believe we will embrace it, as we embraced those others, because it is the right thing to do.

While many are willing to concede that they agree with the basic definition of feminism — «belief in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes» — debate soon moves on to the finer points of specific beliefs and campaigns.

According to Wallis, while he disagrees with Land on most political issues, they were able to have a civil debate - something Wallis hopes politicians can learn from.

He also involved himself in political controversy (he was a supporter of Italian unification, while striving to retain a place for the temporal power of the popes), and ecclesiastical debate (it was largely his theological duels with the powerful Jesuit order which resulted in the condemnation of certain of his works and theses).

In other words, while the white and black churches debate the use of this term and the political implications thereof, Latinos and Hispanics stand poised to redeem the term by offering a non-political, reconciliatory, prophetic alternative: «evangélico!»

While there has already been gallons of ink devoted to the political debate regarding gun control (and there will likely be gallons more to come) the broader issue for believers is how exactly Christians should talk about the issue of gun control.

While our ideological opponents want us to lose political debates, our ideological enemies want us to lose our lives.

While the exact application of the term civil religion can be debated, the ubiquity of what can be called «the religio - political problem» can hardly be doubted.

While the national political debate continues to swirl around the state of the economic recovery, five Republicans with their eyes on the White House spent the evening in a Des Moines suburb pitching themselves to the evangelical Christians who dominate the Hawkeye State's crucial first - in - the - nation caucuses.

We can see that while there are debates about how best to serve the god of economism, there has thus far been no serious public or political debate about this religion as a whole.

And I completely agree that while the mean - spirited aspects of the debate were disheartening, the * education * and political consciousness - raising were fantastic — and probably more likely to succeed in effecting political - social change than the other forms of debate seen yesterday (and today).

The leaders of the six «main» parties (VVD, PvdA, CDA, D66, SP and PVV) each had two opportunities to debate, while the leaders of the six «small» parties (Green Left, Christian Union, 50 +, Party for the Animals, Reformed Political Party and Independents) each had the chance to debate once.

While the actual economics of the debate might be overhyped, I do think the rhetorical shift is of considerable political interest, and could have lasting effects.

While Assembly North and Assembly South do not have the same political standing as their institutional cousins, they will make a significant contribution to debates on the design of citizens» assemblies.

In this clip, dated May 10, Caputo is getting a haircut and engaging in a heated conversation with his barber, Jack, (whose hobby appears to be enaging his customers in political debates while cutting their hair) about the current budget battle in Albany.

Explaining his views on the Church's involvement in politics, he said: «While St Paul's is not on any particular political side — that is not its role — it does have an important part to play in providing a place for reasoned debate within a moral and spiritual context.»

While political watchers spent last week looking ahead to primaries in Ohio and Texas, the candidates engaged in a serious debate — over a photo of Barack Obama wearing Somali clothing.

Because Labour failed to answer the question properly while the political spotlight was on them this week, English Labour voices will now find themselves playing catch - up as they seek to make the case that their party should also have its own distinctive contribution to make to this debate about how England's voice will be heard.

He said while the current debate over the Special Prosecutor's Bill was healthy, that office was necessary to take political interference out of the investigation, determination and prosecution of persons caught in the web of corruption.

Still, Cuomo has been hesitant to discuss the cause of climate change in the past, referring to it as a «political debate» that he has tried to avoid while speaking at a State Police graduation in Albany earlier this summer.

For Buffalo News Political Reporter Bob McCarthy, the candidates displayed a command of the issues while providing the substance that was lacking in the first Presidential debate.

Concern about immigration itself was coupled with a dangerous feeling of resentment towards the political class who had overridden public opposition while silencing debate.

While the separation of powers may a phrase more commonly found in legal and political textbooks than the mainstream press, it is fundamental part of the debate in America.

While the independence debate informs almost every aspect of Scottish political elections, there is a special dimension to this in the Labour party.

But other political observers saw in the announcement a chance for Cuomo to boost his profile in several national debates — possibly in advance of a presidential run in 2016 — as well as a convenient mechanism to take unlimited contributions for ads that, while not explicitly urging people to vote for Cuomo or anybody else, present a glowing portrayal of his actions.

While there is debate about the political will to sustain lunar exploration (see «The Future of NASA,» DISCOVER, September 2006), the technical hurdles are beyond dispute.

Although D'Agostino doesn't need to go through the confirmation process again, his office is certain to be a lightning rod in the political debates as the Administration tries to negotiate arms control and non-proliferation treaties while preserving the viability of the country's current stockpile.

While these types of messages are commonly used in political, public health and commercial advertising campaigns (e.g., smoking will kill you, Candidate A will destroy the economy), their use is controversial as academics continue to debate their effectiveness.

While the material is ripe with political strife for a potentially sophisticated thriller dealing with the ethical debate between security and privacy this fails to be fully realized.

It's an example of how this «Star Wars» isn't afraid to stir political debate, while openly questioning who and what decides what makes the good guys good and the bad guys bad.

While the rest of the world, and the Academy Awards, were celebrating Pawel Pawlikowski's film «Ida» as one of the best films of 2013, the quiet, black - and - white film was swept up into political debate back in Poland, Pawlikowski's home country.

While the commission's obtuseness or naiveté are open to debate, it is true that the commission did not view the political structures of American education as the most blatant problem.

For example, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) made a splash in February with an innovative study of how the Common Core debate is playing out on Twitter; scholars found, among other things, that proponents tend to make policy points while opponents use «political language» in their tweets.

STANFORD — While the recent debate in Washington, D.C. over the Opportunity Scholarship Program, which serves low - income children, has highlighted a sharp political divide in our nation's capital over school choice, outside the beltway special education voucher programs tell a different story.

While all three objectives are equally important components of a civic education, it is the third - respect for opinions different from your own, or political tolerance - that may be most relevant to the debate over the civic consequences of attending private schools.

However, Rajan (2009) debates this breaking down of the financial model while underestimating the political, social and economic risks should not have been very much of a surprise while the models relied entirely on hard information and ignored soft control variables such as the incentives of lenders to collect information about borrowers, which was one of the fundamental causes for their failure (Rajan et all., 2009).

But the notion of paying teachers on the basis of their ability to improve test scores, often termed «merit pay,» while earnestly debated by education policy researchers, is strongly opposed by teachers unions and is a political nonstarter in many parts of the country.

While the all - consuming political debate around Brexit rages on, the state of the arts in schools is approaching crisis point.

In England, the notion of banning private education — while highly unlikely — has long been a part of the political debate entertained by major - party candidates.

While increasing potential for significant global macro / monetary divergence, the meteoric ascent of political populists & populism, the ongoing debate for renewed fiscal stimulus (vs. austerity), latent inflation potential, etc. all suggest a (far) more conducive environment for Record's products & services, both in terms of winning mandates and better returns.

While world leaders debate the erection of walls or the deportation of refugees, and as our political rhetoric grows increasingly divisive, die level of critical and ethical engagement that the exhibition performs — with questions of nation and migration, community and cosmopolitanism, and the aftermath of colonial violence — is more urgent now than ever.

And while others flocked to the political debates of the day, he retreated from them, eventually to a studio in Connecticut.

Chantal Akerman and Julie Mehretu reflect upon shifting geographical borders and changing political systems, while Postcommodity and Wolfgang Tillmans reference recent debates on the Mexico - US border and Brexit, respectively.

If it is political — to keep enthusiasm within the ranks of the true believers while Cap & Trade and EPA regulations are being debated, then your approach is succeeding, however it is a political, not a scientific or professional approach.

While the idea of verification of results is a good (if unexceptional) one, it should be remembered that part of the political tactic of the anti-science politicians in Washington on other issues (see examples in Chris Mooney's book) has been to introduce as many conflicting studies from industry - funded thinktanks as possible, however faulty those studies are, to bury the debate under noise.

While the guests varied on the feasibility of global governance of long - term deployment, there was a consensus that new governance structures are needed to manage research and to continue to debate questions of ethics, political consequences, and material risk.