Sentences with phrase «national debate between»

In the midst of agony over euthanasia of adoptable pets comes the national debate between no - kill shelters and so - called «kill» shelters.

Literacy instruction in California at this time was taking place within a raging national debate between advocates for phonics and supporters of whole language, and Proposition 227 had recently been passed, forcing dramatic reorganization of language and literacy instruction in school.

Historically we haven't had national debates between legislative candidates (the Lincoln Douglas debates of 1858 are arguably an exception).

Not exact matches

Available epidemiologic studies in humans have «not shown clear evidence of a relationship between cell phone use and cancer,» according to the National Cancer Institute, although this remains a topic of debate among researchers.

The hearing, set for Tuesday, is the latest development in a showdown between Apple and the U.S. government that has become a lightning rod in the national debate over digital privacy and what kind of data on phones and personal devices should be accessible by law enforcement.

Earlier this year, he notoriously tussled with U.S. National Security Agency director Michael Rogers over the question of whether law enforcement should have access to peoples» private communications, a debate now raging between Washington D.C. and Silicon Valley.

Mirroring a larger internal NDP debate on the national level, Mr. Eggen has released a statement calling for peace between Israel and the Palestinians living in Gaza.

But because of the relationship between permissible expression in national discourse, and in the subnational discourse that takes place among blacks, a broadening of debate in the black community may encourage white politicians and intellectuals to speak, and think, with a greater measure of candor on this issue.

For virtually no problems faced by and politically debated within these societies are without a moral dimension, including very technical economic problems (such as, say, the prime lending rate or rates of exchange between national currencies).

First, according to the Pew Research, among countries currently debating national identity issues, there is a significant age gap between those who view religious affiliation as essential to national identity.

I kept seeing tweets, instagrams, and fb posts about National Donut Day today, and it quickly solved my indecision about what to do in the kitchen (I was debating between coconut flour mini pizzas, cocoa cashew cookies, and macaroons...) I made a very small batch because (1) I didn't know how they'd turn out, and -LSB-...]

As part of his LCA address, ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, addressed the recurring issue of national champions, claiming the current debate confuses the distinction between industrial and merger policy.

As the BCS National Championship game between the LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide approaches, the Republican presidential candidates had a debate in New Hampshire on Saturday night and discussed this big sporting game between two SEC teams.

The national debate over Medicaid funding has finally shown the light between NJ Gov. Chris Christie and Cuomo.

He said the last time there was a lack of foreign policy discussed in a national campaign was 12 years ago, right before the Sept. 11 attacks (and to be sure, I don't think King was trying to draw a direct correlation between Sept. 11 and a lack of debate on security).

Despite corruption in Albany constituting the majority of the back - and - forth between candidates, before the night's closing remarks, national politics found its way to the debate stage; specifically feelings on the presidential election's arguably most controversial candidate, Donald Trump.

Commenting after the debate on Motion 48, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «While there has been over 40 years of advancements in equality between the sexes, in recent years there has been something of a step back.

President Mahama, the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, who had earlier accused the Nana Akufo - Addo of running away from a one - on - one debate and now says Ghanaians deserve a face up between the leading presidential contenders.

Also during the interview, which was the governor's first extended TV sit down since this issue blew up into a national debate, Paterson insisted there had been a meeting between himself and the mosque's developers but it was postponed due to the fact that the imam is out of the country on a State Department - sponsored trip.

Paul and Christie tangled in a passionate debate over government surveillance that highlighted the wide gulf in the Republican Party between libertarian - leaning Republicans like the Kentucky senator and national security hawks like the New Jersey governor.

In the true essence of Albany, politicians in this nearly 400 - year - old city bargained and bickered over a host of seemingly unconnected issues as gay couples and other states watched closely for indications about which way the national debate is evolving over using the word «marriage» to describe the union between people of the same sex.

By revealing missing details behind the odd behavior of a science fair favorite — a soupy mixture known as «oobleck» that switches back and forth between liquid and solid — scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Georgetown University could help to end a long - running scientific debate and improve processes ranging from pouring concrete to making better body armor.

There was so much controversy that the National Academy of Sciences held a debate between the opposing sides in 1920.

Once thought to be extinct in the same event that killed off the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the coelacanth is a lobe - finned fish that sparked a debate over whether this species represented a missing link between aquatic animals and four - legged terrestrial creatures, according to National Geographic.

The main relationship on the show — and the impetus for many of the show's plots — has always been the one between Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels), the smug Republican anchor of a nightly news broadcast and MacKenzie (Emily Mortimer), the show's executive producer, who — rightly or wrongly — never lets go of a news story that she believes is important to our national debate.

Desperate for ratings, ABC decided to cap its coverage of the Democratic and Republican national conventions by airing 10 nights of debates between liberal heavyweight Gore Vidal and conservative titan William F. Buckley Jr..

This summer marked the one - year anniversary of the tumultuous debate over a proposed merger between the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.

Those holding the neutral position declined from 44 percent to 36 percent between 2009 and 2010, likely reflecting the heightened attention to charter schools in national debates over education reform (see Figure 2).

In joining this debate, Greene mischaracterizes generally positive findings by Harris's Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA) about the role of my organization, The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), in managing the Louisiana Recovery School District's (RSD) application processes between 2008 and 2013.

Teachers will remain caught between ideologies of short - term economic efficiencies and the findings of educational research — between bottom lines and holistic student development; caught in the rough - edged cogs of funding formulae about resources and student achievement; caught by the Gonskis in the public - private funding debate; stuck between the so - far - disappointing results of national, standardised testing and teacher accountability (more effort is made to hold teachers accountable than trust them!).

The fourth annual State of American Education will consist of a crossfire - style debate between two thought leaders in education policy who will discuss emerging issues in education reform at the national level.

There is currently a heated national debate over the means by which educator quality can be enhanced, highlighted by the conflict between those who espouse «professionalization» and those who favor «deregulation».

There is a sharp contrast between the intense public debate that preceded President Obama's designation of the Bears Ears National Monument and President Clinton's stealth designation of the Grand Staircase - Escalante monument.

The debate between phonics and whole language entered the national political realm, resulting in policy that some believed would resolve the so - called «reading wars» (Ravitch, 2000).

Although the national debate over public education has become polarized during the past several years, with bitter divisions inside and between political parties, the PDK / Gallup poll showed a surprising level of agreement in the public at large.

But if, life me, you have wondered for years why his revolutionary findings have not yet launched a national debate on how stock investing really works, I think you will be able to read between the lines and obtain the answer by listening to his words.

Valley's efforts ignited an emotional, national debate over whether horses are companion animals or livestock, and sparked divisions between rescue groups, Indian tribes and politicians over the most humane way to deal with neglected and abandoned horses.

After the tragic Columbine shooting in 1999, a strong focus was put on the shooter's love of violent video games like Doom, sparking a national debate over the correlation between video game violence and violent tendencies.

The Great British Art Debate is a partnership project between Tate Britain, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service and Museums Sheffield, supported by The National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, and by the MLA's Renaissance programme.

Bright's protest was followed by others and prompted a national debate about who has the power to represent whom, what qualifies as censorship, and the line between depicting real violence and exploiting the suffering of others.

The aim is to bring academic discipline to the unresolved national debate, which pits an industry that denies any link between fracking and environmental contamination against those who assert that fracking poisons air and water with natural and man - made chemicals that can cause cancer, birth defects and other illnesses.

In the wake of an unusual public debate on this issue between President Obama's science adviser, John Holdren, and Roger Pielke, Jr., a longtime analyst of climate - related disaster losses at the University of Colorado, I received a helpful note from Martin Hoerling, who studies climate extremes for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Zeke Hausfather, Research Scientist at Berkeley Earth, wrote a comment to dispute NAS's rendition of the debate between John Bates and Tom Karl about the reproducibility of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) climate data.

Tonight, the Green Beanery will play host to a debate over vaccines (despite the science being settled) between a well - known Toronto psychiatrist and Lawrence Soloman, a controversial columnist for the National Post and the founder of the Energy Probe Research Foundation.

CBS NEWS Oct 20 2016 - Where Trump and Clinton stand on climate change The third and final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Wednesday night in Las Vegas covered a wide range of issues from abortion to foreign policy to the national debt, but there was one glaring omission - climate change.

The way the media and cable TV frame the national debate may make it seem like there's an even split between supporters of fossil fuels and supporters of renewable alternatives.

If this were so, then there would be no science - based policy debate about the size of the gap between where emissions are headed at present and where they need to be in 2020 and 2030 at global, regional, and national levels.

They also debated balancing free online speech protections with national security and danger to society, including discussion of recent smartphone security and privacy issues between law enforcement and privacy advocates.

at the noisy demonstrations they held in the streets of Montreal and Quebec City between Oct. 24, when the strike began, and Feb. 28, when they were ordered back to work by legislation after a marathon 24 - hour debate in the National Assembly.

From his viewpoint, this cooperation is the right way «to move the whole debate [about the relationship between the ECJ and national constitutional courts] forward», which is «actually more important» than these conceptual questions [about the scope of primacy of EU law] that are really only of interest to professors at universities» but that «do not make much of a difference in actual practice».