Sentences with phrase «in debating competitions»

He studied PPE at New College, Oxford, [2] where he was an executive officer of the Oxford University Student Union and represented the Oxford Union in debating competitions.

After losing most of its steam, the film regains some clever cred in the climactic testing clinch (here, Ferrell earns his paycheck by schooling James Carville in a debate competition and utterly failing — while dressed in a tiger suit — to clear a ring of fire).

Great Yarmouth Charter pupils have proved their verbal dexterity by scooping the top prize in a debating competition.

In Japan, our group of technical high school students studying bookkeeping bested the local academic school in a debate competition.

Not exact matches

This can be a problem in a high stress office environment, where competition and debate are just part of the company culture.

«Threatening Google and other large Internet companies who are in fierce competition with each other, is a loser's debate,» Lauk was quoted as saying.

Ann is known for her debate skills (she placed first in the National Tournament of Champions and second in the State of California in high school) and was part of a five - person team at Yale that competed in the Robocup Competition in Paris, France.

Each year, the internal competition culminates at an extended semi-open tournament called an Organization Level Review, where managers debate subordinates» rankings, assigning and reassigning names to boxes in a matrix projected on the wall.

JDC West is a three - day competition that challenges students in the areas of academics, athletics, debate and social events.

Yesterday, Ms Soapbox and a friend judged the final round in the Sir Winston Churchill High School Debate Competition.

Produced by The Idea Village in partnership with Solomon Group, NOEW engages a dynamic locally relevant, globally significant network of entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, non-profits, students, and professionals to support growing companies and elevate entrepreneurial successes through six days of discussion, debate, education, competition, and celebration in a city like no other.

And amid the debate over how far the government should go to protect certain industries in the era of global competition and technological change, some trade and industry experts are questioning whether the administration is simply using national security as an excuse for economic protectionism.

Her astuteness in debate and her literary successes, which included winning university competitions, did not endear her to the church hierarchy, however.

«In terms of the wider competition debate, all stakeholders would be well minded to keep what's best for customers at the forefront of their minds.»

The role of Australia's abuse of power provisions in addressing some of the concerns associated with supermarket buyer power is regularly debated in Australia, but to date abuse of power provisions have not been a significant feature of competition law enforcement with respect to the supermarket industry.

ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims has addressed the RBB Economics Conference in Sydney backing competition reforms proposed by the Harper Review Panel - three points were highlighted: (1) need to make a choice about s 46 - clearly preferencing a change to an SLC approach; (2) need to extend the Act to cover more government activities; (3) need to debate and decide the issues around competition advocacy and market studies.

There are four articles in this issue: David J Brennan, Shifting shades of grey - International price discrimination and Australian copyright law; Matthew E Taylor and Arlen Duke, Refocussing the parallel import debate; Warwick Rothnie, Trade marks and parallel imports and Rhonda L Smith and Arlen Duke, Agreements and competition law in Australia.

See also, for example, Fluer Anderson, «Producers in Power Push» (The Australian Financial Review, 20 October 2014, page 5), Fluer Anderson and Katie Walsh, «Cold shoulder for carve - ups» (The Australian Financial Review, 22 October 2014, p 11), Editorial, «Open economy is good for the farm» (Australian Financial Review, 21 October 2014, p 58), Lexi Metherell, «Agriculture green paper to spark debate over water, competition» (ABC Radio, The World Today, 20 October 2014) and Joe Kelly, «Green paper canvasses court orders to break up businesses» (Dynamic Business, 20 October 2014).

Debate on the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Misuse of Market Power) Bill 2016 is set to resume in the House of Representatives today, with Treasurer Scott Morrison set to move the amendment to the bill proposed by the Senate Economics Committee.

(Xenophon has vigorously defended Zumbo previously claiming that Zumbo has done an enormous amount of work to advance debate on competition law in Australia) Xenophon asked if this might breach the Act.

In the case of Everest, this competition has revolved around the use of supplementary oxygen, a practice that has been hotly debated since 1921, when British climbers — without oxygen — mounted the first Everest expedition.

There's no point in debating Mr wenger's future or replacement at this stage of the season, When we are still involved in 3 competition's, So, We just have to wait and see, How the remainder of this season pans out!

The goalkeeping position is often brought up as a serious debate with Liverpool supporters over a pint in the local, and if Klopp decides that Simon Mignolet should have further competition for the role, then Cologne stopper, Timo Horn is a keeper with immense promise.

Marcos Alonso struggled at Stoke on Saturday but doesn't seem to have much competition at left wing - back whilst the right - wing back debate continues with Victor Moses seemingly in pole position to start in the Spanish capital — despite Davide Zappacosta's instant impact.

«It seems that we are fighting for the relegation zone,» Conte said sarcastically, when asked about the pressure he was under, the constant debate over his future and the belief that, following a run of just three wins in 10 matches in all competitions, he was facing the sack.

Third, acknowledging that some of the blame for the biased and one - sided media reporting on head injuries rests with some members of the scientific community who issue one - sided press releases and feed cherry - picked results about their findings to selected members of the media, the authors look to a day when the «harsh division and polarization» in the research community (an almost inevitable byproduct, unfortunately, of the intense competition for grant money in Concussion, Inc.), gives way to greater collaboration among researchers and a more «cordial discourse» between scientists via letters and responses to journal editors and back - and - forth debates at large academic conferences.

The competition is designed to engage an audience who may not be particularly interested in the EU referendum debate, with the amount on offer designed to reflect the UK's gross daily contributions to the EU budget.

@Trilarion Lack of free market competition is an often used argument in debates about net neutrality.

In my spare time, I judge high school speech and debate competitions, and make cocktails.

All too often the green energy debate is framed as «nuclear v renewables», when nuclear works in collaboration with renewable technologies, not in competition.

We just concluded the debate between girls in engineering, mathematics and science (GEMS) competitions.

Competition too will play a major role in the new health service, although the debate will continue over whether this is an evolution from Tony Blair's reforms or a break with them.

«We have seen how election periods in America and some parts of Europe are celebrated like festivals; a period of debates and healthy competitions that turn countries into frenzied environments for colors and carnivals.

Of course, this was all in the theoretical domain of a college debate competition and Chris doesn't suggest we practice what his debate - self preaches.

The tournament, an invitation - only competition hosted by the University of Kentucky, is considered the most prestigious in the country and is a magnet for college recruiters seeking out candidates for debate scholarships.

It ensures division in Parliament, forcing debates and rivalry and competition.

«We are in a global competition for the best scientists and engineers,» said Chu in comments to reporters about the 2011 continuing resolution being debated this week on the floor of the House after he defended the president's 2012 budget to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this morning.

The findings are expected to advance our understanding of the brain's role in endurance exercise, how it can alter the physical limits of performance in healthy people and add further evidence to the debate on the use of legal methods to enhance performance in competition.

In the debate over scientific immigration, however — another symptom of the system's decay — the voices of the scientific and technical workers most affected, the Ph.D. s in precarious early - career positions and the technical workers facing competition from abroad, have scarcely been heard, Hira sayIn the debate over scientific immigration, however — another symptom of the system's decay — the voices of the scientific and technical workers most affected, the Ph.D. s in precarious early - career positions and the technical workers facing competition from abroad, have scarcely been heard, Hira sayin precarious early - career positions and the technical workers facing competition from abroad, have scarcely been heard, Hira says.

A new conceptual evolutionary model first proposed in 2015 in bioRXiv and then published this year in the journal Biologia by Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, associate professor of ecology and biodiversity at Tomsk State University (Russia), reviewed the debated mechanism of speciation, suggesting that competition and a struggle for the existence are not the main drivers of evolution.

Also, competitions have the tendency to produce debate, and that's a rare, wonderful thing in modern mainstream cinema culture.

Kenner, who hatched the BPI program while an undergraduate at Bard, put together a debate team comprised of prison inmate from Eastern New York Correctional Facility and made global headlines in 2015 when they beat the Harvard debate team in competition.

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The BPI program, founded by Max Kenner while an undergraduate at Bard, spawned a debate team comprised of prison inmates from Eastern New York Correctional Facility who made global headlines in 2015 when they beat the Harvard debate team in competition.

Interview with Kam Williams Headline: Denzel on Directing, Acting, Fathering and Mentoring Denzel Washington stepped behind the camera for the second time to make The Great Debaters, an inspirational bio-pic about Professor Melvin Tolson, the debate coach at a small black college in the South, whose inexperienced team, in 1935, shocked the world by taking on some seasoned nationally - ranked competition.

This year's main competition jury, headed by Steven Spielberg, will assess and debate 20 titles, many directed by auteurs on whom Cannes has smiled fondly in previous years.

There will likely be no easy end to the debate over whether Netflix belongs in competition at Cannes, but there can be no doubt that Bong Joon - ho does.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Documentary Relates True Story of the Great Debaters A year ago, Denzel Washington directed and co-starred in The Great Debaters, a compelling, if fanciful docudrama which recounted how a debate team from an unheralded, Southern black college had traveled in 1935 from Texas to Cambridge, Massachusetts to defeat Harvard and win the national championship in a competition aired live, coast to coast, on national radio.

Supporting a wide range of literacy levels, the iHub engages children in the week's top stories, testing their comprehension and critical thinking skills through a variety of activities, including polls, debates, competitions, puzzles and crosswords.

The Week Junior will also be hosting an exclusive magazine career experience day, launching an exciting competition for aspiring reporters and running a debating workshop in partnership with the English Speaking Union, allowing children the chance to express their new ideas and utilise their growing confidence.