Sentences with phrase «debate as a battle»

If you think of a discussion or debate as a battle, then a compromise is a way of yielding, even if only slightly.

Not exact matches

To continue to draw up — as many of our denominational leaders do — battle lines with humanists on one side and theists on the other is specious and still reflects the popular, but otiose, approach to the whole debate.

During the debate over «biblical inerrancy» that raged among evangelicalism for several years in the late 1970s, I remember someone observing that Harold Lindsell's 1976 book, The Battle for the Bible, which pretty much got that debate going, was more a theory of institutional change than it was about theology as such.

In culture wars, as in philosophical debate, words are often like towns along the battle front: they offer a strategic position and must be fought for and defended, and not relinquished as soon as the enemy advances.

This is where most fans and people get caught up in debate, it becomes a battle of opinions and argument around Wenger's competence as a manager and coach.

I believe there needs to be more research on both sides of the debate, to safely advocate both options as viable sleeping methods, and so that this parent and doctor based battle can stop.

Student funding has the potential to re-emerge as a major point of contention in 2009 — but the battle lines of debate are already being drawn.

As the campaign kicked off there was some debate as to how the «Shadow Shadow Cabinet» would deal with it — whether now the game was afoot they would feel obliged to call a truce with the Corbyn leadership and take part in the national battlAs the campaign kicked off there was some debate as to how the «Shadow Shadow Cabinet» would deal with it — whether now the game was afoot they would feel obliged to call a truce with the Corbyn leadership and take part in the national battlas to how the «Shadow Shadow Cabinet» would deal with it — whether now the game was afoot they would feel obliged to call a truce with the Corbyn leadership and take part in the national battle.

With a tight election on the line, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton will meet in just hours to face off at their first presidential debate, a battle 18 months in the making that is emerging as the most hotly anticipated moment in modern US political history.

Instead, Cuomo framed the debate over the tax abatement, which is expected to pick up when state lawmakers return to Albany next month after an extended break, as a union battle for them to fight over the prevailing wage.

During last night's debate, Hillary Clinton — a veteran political brawler — flashed genuine anger and disbelief that Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders is casting doubt on her authenticity as a warrior in the left's great battles against Republicans.

Hochul debates with former Erie County Executive Chris Collins (R - Clarence) tonight in Buffalo as they battle for the 27th district seat that covers the rural areas between Rochester and Buffalo.

Instead, as the debate ratchets up those competing views, political strategists on both sides say that messaging for the elections next year is being shaped by these legislative battles.

That's the biggest battle or debate with me in working with a studio, and DreamWorks was really supportive on this — being able to cast the people that are really going to be able to do the material as opposed to stunt - casting certain large actors for financing or whatever.

Washington — The Congressional battle over the President's fiscal 1983 budget officially began last week, as members of education - related committees of both the House and the Senate debated among themselves the appropriate budget levels for education programs.

Few education policy battles have burned as hot as debate over the practice of requiring traditional public schools to share under - used space with charter schools.

As the Rhode Island legislature debated $ 1.5 million in spending for two charter schools, Duncan said June 22 at a charter school conference in Washington: «We are fighting this on a state - by - state battle, that's the battleground.

Amid a global spectrum of high definition format battles, none is so misunderstood as the debate between HDMI and component video.

Given the importance of such a debate you'll want to get as much intel as possible before you Super Jump into battle, which is why we're pleased to announce both the map rotation for the Splatfest, and what weapons you'll be able to get your tentacles on!

When it comes to debates about which game is the best Final Fantasy of all time you can rest assured that Final Fantasy VI will forever sit at the top of many a gamers» pile as the pinnacle of the series in terms of its narrative and easily accessible turn based battle system.

'» As compelling as battle with the sceptics seems to be in virtually every aspect of the climate issue, the overstated role of attribution in the climate debate has a far more prosaic origin in the fundamental design of the Framework Convention on Climate ChangAs compelling as battle with the sceptics seems to be in virtually every aspect of the climate issue, the overstated role of attribution in the climate debate has a far more prosaic origin in the fundamental design of the Framework Convention on Climate Changas battle with the sceptics seems to be in virtually every aspect of the climate issue, the overstated role of attribution in the climate debate has a far more prosaic origin in the fundamental design of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The allocation of such permits, worth billions of dollars annually, was a subject of intense horse - trading in the House and is certain to touch off a major battle as the Senate debates its own version of the bill.

Academia was viewed as a profession that involved debate, because the pursuit of science is a battle of ideas.

No, with perhaps walking back the rhetoric, it doesn't concern me — it is what it is, part and parcel of identity politics in the context of polarized debates that serve as proxy for ideological battles.

Schneider was influential in the public debate over climate change and wrote a book, Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate, about his experiences.

As battle lines are drawn in the debate over whether Britain should leave the EU, the legal sector is beginning to take sides, with both pro and anti-Brexit groups of lawyers campaigning in the run up to the June referendum.

Released on appeal but unable to fight or leave the country, Ali turned to the lecture circuit, speaking on college campuses, where he engaged in heated debates, pointing out the hypocrisy of denying rights to blacks even as they were ordered to fight the country's battles abroad.