Sentences with phrase «long debated the question»

Researchers and scholars have long debated the question of «nature vs. nurture» — whether our genetics or the environment (be it natural and social) has a greater influence on our traits.

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Trump's long - running feud with Fox News - turned - NBC News anchor Megyn Kelly began after the first presidential primary debate, when he tweeted that «she had blood coming out of her wherever» while Kelly was questioning him.
Not so long ago, that was a question for Wall Street analysts and venture capitalists to debate among themselves, being of little interest to anyone else.
Besides questions about the unity of God there were also long debates about how Jesus could be both God and Man.
A question that has long been debated among anthropologists is that of how far, given the osteological characteristics of a particular cranium, it is possible to deduce, not only the shape of the brain housed within the cranium, but the particular kind of psychism contained in the brain.
The most ready - to - hand sources of ideas for dealing with such questions are no doubt to be found in the centuries - long Western debate about «civil society.»
Another tactic to insure real debate would be to ask candidates to confront one another on TV for three hours; after the first hour or so, candidates could no longer dodge questions or avoid revealing their real attitudes and thinking processes to the public.
The question of when and if Arsene Wenger will step aside and end his long reign as the manager of Arsenal is a subject for debate and will probably depend on how this season goes for the Gunners and how the Frenchman himself feels about carryingh on.
-LSB-...] goes back to a question that's been debated hotly on this blog for a long time (see «Why I Rained on Someone's School Food Reform Parade» and the posts linked to it): can a school district ever «get it right» using -LSB-...]
So heated is this debate, and so long - running, that the question of whether spanking is morally «right or wrong» is probably intractable.
-LSB-...] It all goes back to a question that's been debated hotly on this blog for a long time (see «Why I Rained on Someone's School Food Reform Parade» and the posts linked to it): can a school district ever «get it right» using just the federal reimbursement rate?
It will — or it should — rule the question of secession out of political debate for a long period of time, and the Scotland Act should be amended to help bring about this end.
Although Cameron's announcement raises anew the long - standing «widening versus deepening» debate for some, the context of Cameron's pronouncement ought to bring new scope to these questions.
Ethical debates about the conduct of war have long questioned the legitimacy of «force protection» as an operating principle for those engaged in armed conflict.
The Question Time debate also ensnared Miliband on Labour's greatest long - term weakness — how it would handle the deficit.
Ryan also makes a light - hearted reference to the now - infamous lightning round question asked by Liz during the debate: «Simply put, there are not «50 Shades of Grey» when it comes to the core beliefs held by Wendy Long and Senator Gillibrand — they are as different as black and white.»
Instead of debating management philosophies, he invites politicians to go and visit frontline services and ask some simple questions — particularly, how long does it take to resolve a case from beginning to end?
A question — in addition to NY 1, whom I assume will stream it live on their web site, and YNN, will either the Long Island or Westchester local news channels run the debate?
Reacting to the plans, Prime Minister David Cameron said: «There are some questions... why are all the debates inside the election campaign rather than spread out over a longer period?
Monday Questions — Impact of restrictions on leafleting under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005; future of passport personal interview offices; plans for a full fiscal, monetary and banking union of the eurozone; compliance with European Council directive 2010 / 64 / EU on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings Legislation — Justice and security bill Short DebateLong - term strategy for the arts and cultural sector
Thursday 14 March 2013 11 am Oral Questions Measures to force British companies to disclose any tax avoidance schemes that could be detrimental to poorer countries - Lord Collins of Highbury The findings of the Care Quality Commission's Home Care Inspection Review Not Just a Number - Baroness Wheeler Crime detection rates - Baroness Smith of Basildon Debate Afghanistan's regional relationships and their impact on its long - term future - Baroness Warsi Orders and Regulations Diocese in Europe Measure; Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Measure - The Lord Bishop of Newcastle Short Debate Impact on the UK of future demographic trends - Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
The hour - long debate was followed by questions from the moderator and the audience, The event provided little distinction between the candidates, who in most cases promised to carry on Hinchey's unfinished work.
Over the course of an hour - long debate at the Woodstock Playhouse Monday, October 24, Congressional candidates Democrat Zephyr Teachout and Republican John Faso answered moderators» questions on trade, executive authority, the battle against ISIS and other issues, all while circling back to core campaign themes.
In a debate Sunday on Time Warner Cable News, U.S. Senate candidate Wendy Long, a Republican, used a question on presidential candidate Donald Trump's controversial statements to attack her opponent, Sen. Charles Schumer, for his familial tie to comedian Amy Schumer.
But several social - studies experts on Long Island explained that one recent debate in their field centered on the question of whether the exam's coverage should start with the Age of Enlightenment, which began around 1650, or the Industrial Age, which started around 1760.
Dinallo says he isn't sure if it would surprise people, but he is a life - long stutterer... it wouldn't surprise those who watched one of the previous debate in which he gave the same answer to a similar question.
The second and final Democratic mayoral primary debate on Wednesday was a frenetic hour - long affair in which Mayor Bill de Blasio spent much of his time on the defensive, facing probing questions from debate moderators and tough criticism from his opponent, Sal Albanese.
ALBANY - A debate question about a best - selling but racy book has left Republican U.S. Senate candidate Wendy Long turning 50 shades of red.
Long objected Thursday to a question asked during her Wednesday night televised debate against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: whether she had read «50 Shades of Grey,» the erotic bestseller by British author E.L. James.
In the broader world of neuroscience, Freud is no longer uniformly shunned and avoided, but is frequently seen as the author of interesting hypotheses that provoke worthwhile questions and debate.
Another question long debated amongst the scientific community, is whether Ötzi was perhaps involved himself in the process of copper smelting.
A long - running debate on this question has been reignited by a letter, signed by about 130 early childhood education experts.
A long - standing debate in the field of cultural evolution has revolved around the question of how and why human societies become more hierarchical.
The question of how species came to live where they live, which is studied by the field of biogeography, has long been debated among biologists, especially in cases where organisms that are related live on distant continents separated by vast oceans.
The question of who should pay for rising infrastructure costs, among other expenses, is at the heart of the long - standing net neutrality debate.
Psychiatrists have long debated whether psychosis exists on a spectrum, and researchers have been investigating the question for more than a decade now.
Scientists from Heidelberg University, London and Cambridge (Great Britain) have found the answer to this long - debated question in the history of technology.
This question has long been a debated topic among scientists, but thanks to new research from Field Museum scientists, we may have an answer for one of the largest groups of migratory birds.
Beyond the debate about whether long - term POCD is real is the question of just how surgery might affect the brain.
The efficacy and necessity of these drugs has long been debated in the natural health world — mainly questioning whether the absolute benefit of the drug justifies the lifetime prescription or whether the approach of «blocking» cholesterol makes sense given that cholesterol is vital for so many other areas of human health — but for those that do decide to take Lipitor, Crestor or other statins, it's important to consider the drug's other effects on the body.
The question of who should pay for dinner on the first date has been debated for the longest time, but we haven't yet found a definitive answer that everybody can agree on.
The task focuses on the long - debated question - whether refugees deserve to seek refuge in safer countries or whether they should not be allowed ent...
[1] For a long time, the debate over charter schools has revolved around the simplistic question of whether they are better or worse than traditional public schools.
Even so, some of those involved in the long debate over the issue questioned whether the plan would satisfy the equity requirements imposed in a pair of unanimous rulings by the state supreme court.
This is both a question of longer - term historical patterns and contemporary debates within the field of comparative education over the extent of broad international patterns of school change.
Then, the panel debates the usefulness of manual shift mode, and they help a viewer with questions about long - term storage of a hybrid vehicle.
CNF: These debates have been around for a long time, but certainly Lionel Shriver's presentation at the Brisbane Writers Festival provoked new questions.
That is an interesting question and a long - standing debate that I don't have a definitive answer to.
The Great Debate About Art by Roy Harris, who was an Oxford University linguist, attempts to provide a response to the «historical residue of empty questions that contemporary society can no longer answer» after the modernist implosion of Art as a cohesive category.
So we can debate strategic errors at compromise — which there have been many — but that glosses over the more fundamental question of whether or not cap and trade legislation was ever politically viable, and even if passed, politically sustainable in the long term.
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