Sentences with phrase «debate and discussion over»

These factors lead to some bad decisions on both ends, but also fosters debate and discussion over the issues that tend to sort things out over time.

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In a statement, the Strategic and Policy Forum members said they «believe the debate over Forum participation has become a distraction from our well - intentioned and sincere desire to aid vital policy discussions on how to improve the lives of everyday Americans.»

In Nashville, the debate over HQ2 has gotten caught up in a broader discussion of gentrification, race and the consequences of growth.

«The debate over forum participation has become a distraction from our well - intentioned and sincere desire to aid vital policy discussions on how to improve the lives of everyday Americans.»

Hopefully the time is coming where the ride will be over for this group - there is a huge space for public broadcasting and presentation of centered debates and discussions in this country - and it can only be through a public space lens - the next election will hopefully bring people such as yourself back into such space so that we can get on with having some notion of civilization.

It is a budget that demonstrates the government's inability, or unwillingness, to engage in public discussion and debate over ideas and policy.

At times during the often harsh debates over these passages it seemed that the discussions and the conference itself might simply collapse without agreement.

You and Sam are the ones who turned the discussion into a debate over the quality of the observable and verifiable evidentiary sociological implications of generalized political affiliation in relation to spiritual and cognitive self identification.

While debate over the understanding of Biblical interpretation lies at the heart of current evangelical discussions concerning women, differences in theological tradition lie at the center of discussions over social ethics, and disagreement over one's approach toward the wider secular culture is surfacing as the focus of controversy regarding homosexuality.

In debates over the existence of God and man, the existence of vampires rarely enters the discussion.

In a series of articles and editorials that appeared in both magazines during 1977, differences of opinion over the church's involvement in society were defined and debated with little resolution.11 Although both sides refrained from labeling it merely a contemporary version of the debate between sixteenth century Anabaptism and sixteenth - century Calvinism, both recognized the importance their historical antecedents played in the discussion.

By necessity, this religious system suppresses discussion and debate, favoring blind faith over knowledge and obedience over questions.

The discussion highlighted the need for a substantive parliamentary debate on the current abortion legislation since medical science and practice is raising serious questions over when the foetus becomes viable outside the womb, the current twenty - four week limit for «social» abortion and the growing number of doctors in the UK who are refusing to perform abortions because of the aforementioned.

We hope that what happens at Emory over the next few years will stimulate discussion, debate and creative ideas at other graduate schools, leading them to take up these challenges in their own ways and build other educational models for preparing practical theologians.

Ideas, themes and concepts brought up by this stellar group of speakers were often debated and reviewed during a series of panel discussions that took place over the two days.

In a discussion chaired by HVS chairman Russell Kett involving senior executives from Starwood Capital, Precis Holdings, citizenM and London & Regional Properties, the panel debated how it is leisure rather than corporate demand that is currently of more interest to hoteliers, as corporate rates have been relatively static over recent years.

In fact, I have read many a debate on the the forums here (Anfield Index Forum), I've had many a discussion over a beer, and hear various shouts on the terraces at match days.

All the debate, discussion, tears and angst over the past few weeks has been about football.

And if you feel like a debate today, check out the lively discussion on this topic going on over at BlogHer.

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

Since that time, there has been much discussion and conjecture over the future of the Islands; however, in public debate at least, seldom have the views of the Falkland Islanders themselves been sought.

The debate over creating new dedicated revenue for the MTA has revived discussions of congestion pricing, which would add tolls to city roads and possibly the East River bridges in order to both manage traffic while also raising money for transit.

Political disagreement still remains in Kenya on whether suspected perpetrators of the post-election violence should have been tried under a local tribunal or the ICC, and Kenyatta and Ruto have spun this ongoing discussion into a debate over whether others believe them to be guilty or not.

Over 100 peers are due to speak in the debate over the two days and yesterday a number of senior Tories - including many former Cabinet ministers - contributed to the discussion with more than note of scepticOver 100 peers are due to speak in the debate over the two days and yesterday a number of senior Tories - including many former Cabinet ministers - contributed to the discussion with more than note of scepticover the two days and yesterday a number of senior Tories - including many former Cabinet ministers - contributed to the discussion with more than note of scepticism.

She's fought on behalf of students and recent graduates suffering from crippling student loan debt, and to change the debate in D.C. from a discussion over whether to cut Social Security into one about how we can grow it.»

«There's going to be some quite intense discussions over the next few days, I suspect, and I hope our party officials and our national executive will see sense on this and recognise that those people that have freely given of their time and their money to join the Labour party should be welcomed in and given the opportunity to take part in this crucial debate, whichever way they decide to vote,» he said.

In several discussions over the past week Dietl has outlined his debate plan, mentioning topics he regularly brings up while campaigning and, mostly, promising an aggressive approach.

This hierarchy is often reflected in political priorities, and one current debate where this may be seen is the discussion over prioritising house building over the protection of the countryside.

I'm determined to widen this debate over the next six months and will be taking the discussion out to local communities.»

The debate may be over, but you can still join in the discussion: use the hashtag #bfomayordebate and share your thoughts on social media.

In an Observer article, the former Labour leader wrote: «In the leadership election, we are not choosing the chair of a discussion group who can preside over two years or more of fascinating debate while the Tories play hell with cuts in local services and public investment.»

ALBANY, NY (01/04/2012)(readMedia)-- «Gov. Andrew Cuomo presented a challenging vision of New York's future and CSEA fully expects to be actively engaged in discussion and debate with the administration over the details.

We will host a discussion around economic policy over on our new blog dedicated to social liberal economics, PlanC.socialliberal.net, and there will of course be a full an open debate on ownership, democracy and power, at the SLF Conference in Manchester on July 13th — here, we will focus on the wider politics of social liberalism.

«This is not over; the bill has got to be changed or fixed, with additional debate and discussion,» Crannell indicated, citing flaws.

NYT:»... the election followed a fierce, if brief, campaign in which a debate over same - sex marriage, which Mr. Peralta favors and Mr. Monserrate opposes, often overshadowed discussions on issues that are vital to many of the largely Hispanic district's working - class and immigrant residents, like affordable health care and school overcrowding.

(CNN)-- After three days of debate in the Senate over health care reform, Senate Democrats accused Republicans Wednesday of slow - walking the legislation and searched for parliamentary procedures to speed up the discussion.

A deadly, ISIS - inspired attack that came just a week ahead of the New York City mayoral election turned a political debate into a fiery discussion over the city's approach to terrorism and policing.

In the leadership election, we are not choosing the chair of a discussion group who can preside over two years or more of fascinating debate while the Tories play hell with cuts in local services and public investment, extend injustice and flatlining incomes, sustain or worsen private debt, and deepen the balance - of - payments, productivity, housing and poverty deficits.

I think the debate about whether we should design our children will replace the debate over abortion in the United States and become the object of discussion worldwide.

Although there appears to be no short - term answer to the tuition debate, the time is nonetheless ripe for universities, students, the public, and politicians to engage in discussions over the state of higher education in Ontario and the direction it should take, particularly with respect to accessibility.

Debate over adequate funding and job stability dominates discussion of attempt to simplify and improve public research system

There is even a religious debate here as it's mentioned that the creature was treated by a God in his natural environment, and a brief discussion is had over what might a God look like.

A film that is at times laughable yet at the same time, over 15 years after its release, its premise is still up for debate and discussion.

While criticisms against Anderson are often levelled against his upper middle - class bias and his man - child protagonists, his ninth feature Isle of Dogs has awakened a familiar debate over the responsibility of representation and cultural appropriation which has engulfed discussions of the film since its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year.

The hope — my hope — is that we will have speakers who challenge us and provoke a discussion and debate that will continue long after the event is over.

The debate over school integration now requires discussion of school accountability, parental choice, and measures designed to enhance the quality of the teacher workforce.

Throughout his discussions of the public, charter, and private sectors, Smarick makes a convincing case that the decades old debate over which sector performs «better» is the wrong way of evaluating performance.

It represents two years of debate, discussion and thinking across the education sector about how assessment — particularly, formal assessments taken by 15 - 19 year olds in England — can and should evolve over the next decade.

The CALS construct is defined as a constellation of the high - utility language skills that correspond to linguistic features prevalent in oral and written academic discourse across school content areas and that are infrequent in colloquial conversations (e.g., knowledge of logical connectives, such as nevertheless, consequently; knowledge of structures that pack dense information, such as nominalizations or embedded clauses; knowledge of structures for organizing argumentative texts) Over the last years, as part of the Catalyzing Comprehension Through Discussion Debate project funded by IES to the Strategic Educational Research Partnership, Dr. Paola Uccelli and her research team have produced a research - based, theoretically - grounded, and psychometrically robust instrument to measure core academic language skills (CALS - I) for students in grades 4 - 8.

The school discipline discussion has paralleled the wider debate in urban America over «broken windows» or «quality of life» policing, which entails aggressive enforcement of low - level crimes if they threaten to disrupt the social order — vandalism, turnstile jumping, public drinking, and the like.