Sentences with phrase «took over the debate»

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There's even a Wikipedia page detailing the ethical debate over what many take to be an offensive, even racist name.

By the end of February, when Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler delivers his final set of rules on net neutrality, Wheeler would expand the agency's reach over the internet and broadband providers through a series of «bright line rules» that would take the debate over net neutrality to yet another level.

Take the debate over the size of crowds at the inauguration as an example.

John Langoulant has moved to take some of the heat out of the debate over the state's future stadium needs.

Pay transparency will be the focus of tonight's PBS debate show, Point Taken, featuring a panel of guests who will clash over whether it could help narrow gaps in pay between genders, racial groups, and socio - economic classes.

Some Swift Life users took to Twitter to complain about the heated political debates taking over the app — and to call for a focus on more Swift - ian discourse.

His questioning of the presumed superiority of prestigious schools — students may fare better at less - elite institutions where their self - esteem takes less of a beating — adds a provocative wrinkle to the hot debate over education.

«This process is likely to take longer than expected, which is likely to delay the upcoming debate over tax reform,» the Goldman economists wrote in the note cited by Bloomberg.

The Daily Telegraph reported on Friday morning that May is lining up Rudd to take over from Hammond after the election as a reward for Rudd's loyalty and the significant role she has played in election campaigning — including standing in for May at a leaders» debate earlier this week despite the death of her father just 48 hours earlier.

CNBC's Julia Boorstin takes a look at the debate over online privacy.

But it was the debate over BHP Billiton's ill - fated attempt to acquire Potash Corp. that took «strategic asset» from an occasional buzzword to a full - on verbal tic for some politicians.

Like many Canadians we have been taken back by the current debate over the support our government provides, or better still does not provide, to our military and to our veterans.

One of the most polarizing topics of discussion in the world of cryptocurrencies, the BTC vs BCH debate took a new turn today as Thomas Lee, the co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors commented that he would rather buy Bitcoin over Bitcoin Cash during an appearance on CNBC.

As President Donald Trump takes the country closer to an economic nationalism that calls for tearing up agreements like NAFTA and the Trans - Pacific Partnership, potentially enacting higher tariffs on imports and obsessing over trade deficits, it is worth reflecting on a similar debate that inflamed the electorate 130 years ago.

Without stronger regulation, which is currently up for debate in the Senate, Wall Street and the big banks will take taxpayers and consumers to the cleaners all over again.

The debate over Amoris laetitia seems strange and strident largely because it is the first to take place in the world of these platforms.

The debate is not really about atheists (or Jews or Muslims) taking over Christian groups on campus.

America has broken into a bitter debate over how many Syrian refugees it will take in.

Take for example, the debate over «Once Saved, Always Saved.»

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.

To take just one example, five hundred years ago, during the Reformation, there was a debate over just how broken human nature truly is.

A culture of bullying has taken over in this area, and the idea of academic freedom, wide enquiry, and genuine debate and analysis is no longer seen as essential in university life.

In that sense, the Presbyterian debates do not feel like friendly arguments over the breakfast table, or even the more heated kinds of exchanges that might take place in the presence of a marriage counselor.

When southern Baptists from Alabama and Georgia petitioned to have slaveholders appointed as convention missionaries in 1844, the convention refused to consider them, arguing that doing so would force them to take a side in the debate over slavery.

The debate over whether liturgy or catechesis is most important for saving the faith of the young has taken a new turn in the recent revival of the Liturgical movement.

CNN: My Take: It's time for evangelicals to speak up about guns Pastor and author Daniel Darling urges evangelicals to participate in the debate over access to guns, and to acknowledge that there is «no clear - cut Christian position on gun control.»

In an effort to fix this mess, we have a few suggestions of moderators who should take over for the next presidential debates — to make things much more interesting.

Participants in the present conflict over families within American churches and denominations would do well to take the modernization factor more seriously than they have in recent debates.

The Church must begin the work of challenging and transforming the culture, taking a bold approach to challenging the faulty anthropologies that plague the «debate» over sexuality and marriage in the UK.

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.»

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.

But the middle ground was virtually lost in the larger debate when Clarence Darrow took over as the head of Scopes» defense team.

Each «missional» thinker who roots their ideas in the historical debate over «church and mission» takes an «off ramp» somewhere off the IMC highway so they don't end up where the IMC movement led (see above).

We hope that what happens at Emory over the next few years will stimulate discussion, debate and creative ideas at other graduate schools, leading them to take up these challenges in their own ways and build other educational models for preparing practical theologians.

Ideas, themes and concepts brought up by this stellar group of speakers were often debated and reviewed during a series of panel discussions that took place over the two days.

The debate over UK milk prices last week took a step up in intensity.

Public debates over farmgate milk prices will take place across Britain over the next couple of weeks, as producers and campaign groups look to maintain pressure on retailers and processors.

The debate will continue to rage over who is the world's best between him and Messi, and perhaps this award gives us a genuine indication of who takes it for now.

The question of who will eventually take over the honour has been debated before and there are a number of candidates, but I think that there is definitely a new name on the list, that of Francis Coquelin.

The debate about our manager and who might take over will continue to rage among Arsenal fans, of course, for as long as Arsene Wenger is still in charge.

While the show doesn't take a side on the endless breastfeeding versus formula debate, it's spot - on in its depiction of the feelings of guilt and inadequacy Hannah struggles with over her inability to nurse.

I have never taken too much of an interest in the debate over breast feeding vs. formula.

Though it does seem like the immigration debate has totally taken over politics in recent months, I think both of these assumptions are rather bold.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has taken a position in the heated debate over whether Brooklyn or Texas produces better barbecue — on the side of Texas.

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.»

By 2010 Brown had variously been accused of dithering over whether to release the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al - Megrahi, whether to meet the Dalai Lama, whether to expand Heathrow, whether to take part in a TV election debate... and whether to reveal his favourite biscuit.

As Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces took over Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in early 2014, the interim Ukrainian government was debating whether or not to fight back against the «little green men» Russia had deployed.

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.

Earlier in the session, Jeremy Corbyn pressed May over her refusal to take part in TV debates, but without seriously discomforting her.

Two of the nation's leading gun sellers, Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods, took steps to limit their sales of firearms, thrusting themselves into the middle of the polarizing national debate over gun control.