Sentences with phrase «debate over the fact»

There's pretty much zero debate over the fact that working out helps you sleep better.

Most of the evidence says that it did and there is little debate over the fact that solar was increasing in this period.

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But the debate should be informed by fact — and the fact is that government's share of economic output has shrunk over the last 20 years.»

Despite the fact that Trump was widely viewed as having lost the recent debate with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, and that the election itself is just over a month away, the candidate chose to tweet not about the political issues in the campaign but about his dislike of former Miss Universe contestant Alicia Machado.

If Monday's debate does, in fact, top 100 million viewers, that would represent a roughly 50 % spike over the top - rated Obama - Romney meeting in 2012.

The debate over the age of consent for access to digital services distracts from the fact that we all need a balanced education on technology, argues John Kennedy.

The fact that Federal Reserve policy statements are pored over by investors was driven home once again when the removal of two words from the prior statement set off an intense debate over the central bank's view of risks to the economy.

Now that the Republican and Democratic Conventions are over with, we can move on to the actual debate portion of the election, which means that your Facebook feed is about to get stormed by a barrage of thoughtful, reasonable, measured political opinions that will never be inflammatory hyperbole packed to the brim with dubious facts.

Since, even now, when debates about the fact of global warming is largely over, no nation is considering taking the really drastic actions that might significantly reduce the catastrophes that lie ahead, it seems that we are all too likely to experience judgment for our collective sins.

Archbishop Dolan concluded his statement with a matter - of - fact declaration of what is at stake in the debate over DOMA: «The Administration's currentposition is not only a grave threat to marriage, but to religious liberty and the integrity of our democracy as well.»

And there is, in fact, very little evidence that champions of ecclesial pluralism have bent over backwards to insure that their opponents are given a fair hearing on occasions of public debate, nor are they conspicuously tolerant or open - minded when they happen themselves to be in positions of extra-ecclesial authority — as journal editors, perhaps, or as deans of theology faculties.

When one looks at the myths of surrounding cultures, in fact, one senses that the current debate over creationism would have seemed very strange, if not unintelligible, to the writers and readers of Genesis.

In debates between Christian theologians and economists over the nature of capitalism, facts and figures count for almost nothing.

The debate over abortion (most recently focused on what are called either «late - term» or «partial - birth «abortions, depending on your position) reveals a reluctance to look at the facts surrounding both sides of a serious issue out of fear that one might discover or publicize a fact that does not support one's stance.

The social sciences are quite prominent in the curriculum of Nanjing Theological Seminary, a fact that is understandable in light of the significant debates in China over the question of religion's definition.

Our debates over pacifism often obscure the fact that both the supporter of war who kills and the conscientious objector who risks allowing defenseless people to be killed both share the same fundamental moral dilemma in spite of their different ways of solving it.

Despite the fact that the debate over female ordination will continue, it seems that evangelicals on different sides of that debate could come together about the role of women in para-church organizations.

Legitimate debate about the issue has in fact been conducted and permitted in the official organs of the Church's Magisterium over the last forty years.

The thing is, I think once we make that shift, the «debate» is over because our lives stand as a testament to the fact that being gay isn't harmful, or, to put it a better way, isn't any less beneficial than being straight.

Dr. Hayhoe is the co-author of the book A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith - Based Decisions and describes herself as «a spokesperson with one principal goal — to bring public awareness to the simple truth that the scientific debate is over, and now it's time for all of us to take action.»

Actually there is no debate between faith believers and atheists because atheists use science and logic and facts, you can see that this can never be debated over fairy tale.

In fact, no debate is currently more important than that over the direction of creative energies today.

Much of the book, in fact, is taken up by a close look at the eighteenth - century debates over the adoption of the Bill of Rights and at the nineteenth - century debates over the drafting of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Without the cover and pampering by the press, last night's debate clearly showed your faux liberal god for what he truly is... a man clearly in over his head and incapable of distinguishing between talking points, policies, and facts.

«We are going through a most uninformed debate on the facts and [may] hand over a monopoly that is bigger than Coles and Woolies,» he said.

In fact, Genuine Risk was the first filly in 21 years even to enter the race — and her trainer, Jolley, and owners, Bert and Diana Firestone, debated for days over whether to send her.

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.

The debate over year - round schools has uncovered pros, cons and thought - provoking facts about such schooling.

Over and over and over, we debate the intricacies of the best way to raise our children without ever addressing the fact that much of the early - life care they receive is given by paid help, whether in day care or by a naOver and over and over, we debate the intricacies of the best way to raise our children without ever addressing the fact that much of the early - life care they receive is given by paid help, whether in day care or by a naover and over, we debate the intricacies of the best way to raise our children without ever addressing the fact that much of the early - life care they receive is given by paid help, whether in day care or by a naover, we debate the intricacies of the best way to raise our children without ever addressing the fact that much of the early - life care they receive is given by paid help, whether in day care or by a nanny.

The fact that most of these cases were pending and / or unresolved over a long time should have alerted politicians on their complexity, instead current political debate has being focusing obsessively on the date for the completion of the review.

We have been taking money from them for a long time, and I think the debate over the reduction in taxes in fact for millionaires, starting on January first, will be a significant part of the early debate next year.»

Considering the fact that the Troopergate scandal, ignited by a scathing report from then - AG Cuomo, sparked the last public debate over the AG's public corruption powers, it's likely a plea to Spitzer's office to further strengthen Cuomo would have falled on deaf ears — to say the least.

Then again, Maloney and Cuomo have something in common that pre-dates Troopergate: They both worked in the Clinton White House — a fact Maloney has reminded voters of over and over in mailers and TV ads and during debates.

Some doubt that debates would have much effect on the election, given Cuomo's huge campaign funds advantage over Astorino and the fact that Cuomo leads by more than 30 points in the polls.

Mahoney suggests opponents are drowning out many of the facts in the debate over government consolidation.

This will provide MPs with the opportunity to debate the current lack of protection for pubs, the fact that local communities have so little say over the future of their local, despite clear «moral ownership» of their local pubs - and will also suggest ways in which the planning system can be changed to ensure that local residents have the powers they need to protect their local pubs.

We can quibble over policy and strategic details: the way in which the debate on immigration is following the welfare debate is becoming divorced from fact; the persistent failure of banking «reform» to get to the fundamental issues; and the possibility that the government's dearth of competence may be a weaker spot than their closeness to fat cat Britain.

If none of those events were taking place, we'd likely see a lot more after - the - fact analysis on the Colorado recall results in the national landscape, given the implications for the broader debate over guns.

Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage have clashed over the accuracy of their facts in their second debate membership of the EU.

Despite the IPA becoming law in Westchester County, the debate continues over what the IPA does, and whether, in fact, it makes Westchester a «Sanctuary County.»

«In a recent jointly authored article and book, Nelson has begun to re-articulate the debate over scientists as advocates, arguing that in fact, scientists have a special responsibility to become involved in policy debates.»

But, in fact, a hot debate has erupted over the origins of these slithering beasts.

The research aims to settle a major anthropological debate over whether political systems develop the same way regardless of culture; the results suggest that some aspects of political development are in fact universal.

We can all arrive at the same facts if we engage in the process of experimentation, observation, and verification, which can solve more of the world's major problems than a debate over whether God does or doesn't exist.

I know, I know... You'll get heated debate about both of these topics... meat eating vs veganism, and raw foodism... however, it's historical FACT that our current species (and historical ancestors back over a million years ago) in almost every culture around the world, ate at least some % of plant - animal food combination and raw food / cooked food combination (even if it was at different times of the day, or even different times of the year).

Health & Science The CDC has confirmed that the Zika virus does, in fact, cause birth defects, settling months of debate and setting expectant mothers the world over on edge.

There is, perhaps, a movie just in the fact of that debate over the qualities of the novel.

While the movie itself may have become overshadowed by the debate over HFR — not to mention Jackson's decision to stretch J.R.R. Tolkien's book across three films — this shouldn't detract from the fact that An Unexpected Journey is the best fantasy film to hit screens since... well, The Return of the King.

When: October 14th Why: There's been a lot of debate over whether Universal's «The Thing» is a remake or a prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter classic (the fact that it shares the same title certainly hasn't helped matters), but it's now been confirmed that it takes place prior to R.J. MacReady's trip to the Antarctic and will detail what happened at the Norwegian camp featured in the original film.

But using their approach in a systematic manner will at least reveal the degree to which their decisions about what information to include and to exclude distorted the facts and thereby confused the debate over accountability.