Sentences with phrase «debate about the role»

Progress, however, was hampered by ideological debates about the role of private banking, and by concern that a central bank would out - compete private banks.

Ongoing debates about the role of women in society and the Church show that Christianity and feminism have always been uneasy bedfellows.

Coming after half a millennia since the reformation, the robot is once again set to cause a debate about the role of the church and what the future holds for it.

There is a bit of a debate about the role of animal protein in diet, mostly about the studies that only show associations of protein and disease and not hard evidence of causality.

Such discussions over school lunches and healthy eating echo a larger national debate about the role government should play in individual food choices.

The concept (and rhetoric) of a profound dichotomy between nature and nurture was superimposed over the more flexible and synergistic «traditional» understanding of the matter, markedly polarising and distorting the entire, many - sided debate about the role and weight of heredity and experience in both the natural world and the human situation.

But it veered off into a broader debate about the role of unions in society.

Sue Percy, CIHT Chief Executive said: «We all know that the UK's current financial situation means that there is likely to be limited opportunity for large public spending infrastructure projects and we will need a mature debate about the role of user charging and private sector investment in new infrastructure.»

McCaskill was one of the few Democrats facing a difficult re-election this fall to oppose the nomination of Gina Haspel, who was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday after a heated debate about her role in the CIA's torture program.

On Tuesday, there will be a Westminster Hall debate about the role of the RSPCA as prosecutor, following the recent case against the Heythrop.

If prominent figures like Bernie Sanders and Karen Lewis stepped forward to organize a conference, then it would give further momentum to left political action and deepen the debate about the role of the Democrats.

The findings also address a long - standing debate about the role plants play in weather, says Saleska, suggesting that they are more than just «passive recipients,» and that they instead can play an active role in regulating rainfall.

The new study comes as the debate about the role of livestock in sustainable global food production intensifies.

There was much public debate about the role of climate change in the aftermath of Harvey, and many Republicans were quick to dismiss links to global warming, pointing out that states like Florida and Texas have a long history with deadly storms.

«Maybe we can borrow some of what we've learned about those time periods [when the effect was less] in today's debate about the role of the family in shaping kids» educational futures,» Gibbs said.

Still, he doubts even Allentoft's team's «robust data set» will settle the debate about the role people played in the birds» extinction, simply because «some have a belief that humans would not have» done such a thing.

There long has been debate about the role prison - based education programs can play in preparing inmates to return to society and keeping them from returning to prison.

I had thought there was a legitimate scientific debate about the role of global warming and hurricanes, but it appears that the deniers, although they are legitimate scientists, seem to have fallen in with the think tank ideologues and PR lobbyists who masquerade as scientists.

Yet we know very little about these local leaders, and we seldom hear their voices in debates about the role that their organizations do and should play in public education and school reform.

Reuben points out that a similar debate about the role of the elite took place at the beginning of the 20th century.

She thinks it's time for a big debate about the role of standardized testing in American public education.

There is debate about the role of startup funding in all of this.

The debates about the role of schooling in a democratic society, the lives of children and families, and the relationship between schools and society were relegated to the margins as no longer relevant to the business plan to reinvent American education.

Charter schools» ntense rate of growth has fueled an equally intense debate about the role they'll play in the future of U.S. education.

«We're seeing in the last year or so that the silver bullets are starting to lose their luster — charter schools, merit pay and mayoral control,» said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers and a major figure in the country's debate about the role of teachers» unions in public education.

There is an escalating debate about the role of social - emotional learning (SEL) in education.

The decision cuts to the heart of a national debate about the role of charter schools in public education.

Here in Connecticut the CEA and AFT - CT endorsements of Malloy have ignited a long overdue debate about the role of leadership and the inherent conflict that exists between those on the «inside» and those on the «outside.»

In emails seen by Breitbart London, Ben Kuchera repeatedly pressures other journalists and editors to take down material on their websites that is critical of Zoe Quinn and to close down debate about her role in the video games industry by removing comments and forum posts by members of the public asking questions about journalistic propriety.

As always, intrigue was the name of the game - followed by the usual debate about the role and direction of modern art.

Collaboration and community have been central to L.A. painter Laura Owens's practice since the 1990s, though she now stands in the center of debates about the role of artists in gentrifying cities.

Ahead of a major international climate summit in Paris, the study makes an interesting contribution to the debate about the role of negative emissions in meeting the 2C target.

Coverage of Japan's coal funding has sparked an important debate about the role of international climate finance in facilitating the transition to a low - carbon economy.

Stakeholders echoed a larger global debate about the role of consent in privacy protection regimes that has gained momentum as advances in big data analytics and the increasing prominence of data collection through the Internet of Things start to pervade our everyday activities.

The ongoing debate about the role of governments in regulating digital currencies isn't going away anytime soon.

A June 30 report calling for the termination of Los Angeles County's experimental public health nurse program has sparked a rich debate about the role of such nurses in child...

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Such approaches could be designed to be revenue - neutral over the business cycle; they also could avoid past debates over fiscal stimulus by separating decisions on countercyclical policy from longer - run decisions about the appropriate role of the government and tax system.

The PSOE's party elders did not choose him for this role, but if Pedro Sánchez takes the lead, in Europe as much as in Spain, and reopens the debate about the euro, acknowledging that the current structure does not work and defining with the help of hindsight what vulnerabilities must be addressed in a reformed European Union, the party's new leader can halt the decline of the PSOE at home and reverse the ugly nationalism spreading through Europe.

But it also creates a dual class share structure, which has given rise to a broader debate about legal protections for outside shareholders and the role that securities regulators should play in Canadian capital markets.

At its core this debate is not about economic policy but about competing visions of the role, scope and validity...

Many emerging countries could benefit from moving to this generic type of regime, and to help this process, we need a vigorous debate about when to intervene (and, more importantly, when not to); what role interest rates and inflation targets might play; and what additional measures might help to handle large and volatile capital flows.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- With few details about Gina Haspel's undercover career, debate over President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the CIA descended into verbal spatting between those who praise her experience and others who want her disqualified because of her role in the spy agency's harsh...

Today, most participants in the debate about welfare reform» at least those outside the realms of the ACLU and the Children's Defense Fund» agree with Olasky that the government has not and can not offer this kind of effective compassion, and that consequently we must enlarge the role private charities play in the lives of the underclass.

At one point in the recent vice presidential debate, the candidates were asked about the role faith has played in their lives.

Research into how se - xual orientation in males may be determined by genetic or other prenatal factors plays a role in political and social debates about ho - mose - xuality, and also raises concerns about genetic profiling and prenatal testing.»

The initiative has sparked a campus - wide debate about biblical interpretation and the roles of women, as well as a second group called Students for Egalitarianism in Marriage.

Confusion about its public role has further diminished church institutions» relevance and visibility in public debate and issues.

The video of her talk went viral and sparked a fierce debate among evangelicals about their role in the movement.

A great strength of the present work is that it places current debates and confusions about gender roles, mutual service, and self - fulfillment within a rich tradition of Christian reflection that is theocentrically shaped by the concept of covenant.

Politics» a debate about whether poverty is the greatest evil or about whether the social changes necessary to alleviate it should be endorsed» has no role to play.