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How about holding a debate on women's rights?
Nowadays, the fourteenth century's debate about the Eucharist sounds completely arcane.
The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark.
His proposal started a debate that lasted a year.
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Teachers stimulate the students' interest, have them think, ask questions, and debate among themselves.
We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world – tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate.
This debate about the future of the ozone layer has been mostly about profits and politics.
Few historical debates have inflamed passions as much as the debate concerning Slavisation of Greece between the 7th and 9th centuries.
Christopher Columbus once engaged in a debate with the Divine Celt. It would become the only contest that Columbus ever lost.
A controversy is a debate or argument with people expressing different opinions.
The writers of the most interesting emails will be invited to the studio to take part in a debate.
Debate is an academic game between the affirmative and the negative.
By 1969 the debate over virtual memory for commercial computers was over. An IBM research team led by David Sayre showed that their virtual memory overlay system consistently worked better than the best manually controlled systems.
The atheist completely flummoxed her opponent in the debate by asking, "And who created God?"