Sentences with phrase «intense debates over»

the Holocaust, fascism, the horrors of World War II, the rapidly rising threat of international communism, and the danger of the bomb, American and British cultural leaders were engaged in intense debates over the future of Western civilization.

The phrase «public square» evokes images of the political arena with its partisan games and intense debates over public policy.

Lee joins amid an intense debate over the small number of female investors in Silicon Valley.

I assume there's going to be intense debate over this and so many other strategic vision statements in the coming weeks as part of their reckoning.»

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.

The intense debate over how best to interpret the past two decades of pacifist activity is both provocative and instructive.

Details about exactly what happened and who was responsible are still sketchy, likely to remain so because of the intense debate over refugees in Germany right now.

With intense debate over GM labeling of food products continuing, a number of speakers will discuss the future direction of GM labeling in North America.

The food safety bill was passed by the Senate, the long - awaited child nutrition / school food legislation is ready to be signed into law, and we had a lot of really intense debate over school food reform.

With a too close - to - call general election, a left - wing Labour takeover that nobody saw coming, a Tory backlash over tax credits and an intense debate over military action in Syria, few could argue that British politics has been boring in recent months.

A day after his controversial call to arms set off intense debate over the role of armed citizens in maintaining

But as many sheep live to twice this age, her death will refuel the intense debate over the health and life expectancy of cloned animals.

They often sat up late into the night, in intense debate over the meaning of the revolutionary quantum theory, then its infancy.

The intense debate over the results continues to this day; while surprising chemical activity was indeed found in the soil, it was undetermined, and still is, as to whether microbes were involved or just exotic but lifeless chemistry.

The Europeans are drafting their proposal (we've posted a PDF of the European climate document here) as the United States enters into a period of intense debate over the wisdom of adopting such market - based systems following the inauguration of Barack Obama as president.

Echoing similar debates in states like Arizona and Hawaii, the Nevada solar sector and utilities have been engaged in an intense debate over how to compensate rooftop solar owners.

The Europeans are drafting their proposal (PDF) as the United States enters into a period of intense debate over the wisdom of adopting such market - based systems following the inauguration of Barack Obama as president.

For all the intense debate over the number of police officers, virtually no mention of fraud was made by any politician during the election campaign and its aftermath — despite ONS figures showing that 4.5 % of all adults were a victim of bank or credit card fraud, by far the most common crime affecting adults in Britain.

The # 15bn British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) has been at the centre of an intense debate over the past year around giving struggling sponsors the ability to restructure accrued benefits.

To give a few examples: A couple gets into an intense debate over a content issue, such as whether their teenage daughter needs more structure or more freedom to make mistakes, and you find yourself losing track of their process and getting sucked into a debate about the merits of different parenting styles, giving advice and quoting parenting experts.

Not exact matches

Bullied and bludgeoned by weeks of intense public debate over a longer school day, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis fought back Friday by filing an unfair labor practices complaint against Chicago Public Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at City Hall.

The vote, which took place as the Commons debates Lords amendments to the electoral registration and administration bill, will deepen already intense bitterness on the government backbenches over the coalition's stalled constitutional reform agenda.

«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.

Fighting for Florida and beyond, Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders tangled in an intense debate last night over who's the true friend of American Hispanics, trading accusations over guest worker programs «akin to slavery» and the embracing of «vigilantes» against immigrants.

The 80 - 63 vote — the fourth time in as many years the heavily Democratic Assembly has approved same - sex nuptials — came as Senate Republicans waged an intense, behind - the - scenes debate over whether to hold their own vote.

«There has been an intense debate about the origin of the strange properties of water for over a century since the early work of Wolfgang Röntgen,» Nilsson said in the press release.

Within a couple days, the clip asking viewers whether they hear the word «Laurel» or the word «Yanny» has garnered over 100,000 likes on Twitter — and sparked intense debate.

Most research on charter schools, and the most intense public debate over their desirability, has focused on the impact of these new schools on the students who attend them.

The debate over the skyrocketing cost of going to college may get even more intense as a result of the 1988 - 89 tuition figures recently released by the College Board.

During the debate in the U.S. Senate over the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, much of the focus centered on partisan political differences and intense opposition from special interest groups.

In the #commoncore Project, authors Jonathan Supovitz, Alan Daly, Miguel del Fresno and Christian Kolouch examined the intense debate surrounding the Common Core State Standards education reform as it played out on Twitter over the 32 months from September 2013 through April 2016.

The debate over whether the 2 Series would follow the 1 Series and the 2 Series Active Tourer to the front / all - wheel drive UKL1 architecture has been intense within BMW.

It goes without saying the discourse over identity politics has intensified a lot in the past few years, and I think there's some debate over whether or not this intense focus on the gender / race / sexual orientation of artists is «ghettoizing» certain practices.

For those old enough to remember, the debate over global warming may be reminiscent of the equally intense scare propaganda lasting for several years during the 1980s.

, many followers of the climate debate are aware of intense battles over 0.1 or 0.2 degree (consider the satellite battles.)

It was the subject of an intense and often bitter debate, stretched over two days, among members of the law society.

The national association itself has been the subject of intense scrutiny and debate over how much emphasis, and funding, should go toward advocacy.