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The question of compulsory sterilisation has been the subject of lively public debate over the last few months.

The result sometimes seems to be a level of public debate that has become less intelligent and relevant as the contest continues.

That sort of degree of openness to public debate can only be a good thing.

China's rulers are trying to raise the profile of the Congress as an outlet for public debate.

Just a few years ago, the U. S. was consumed by a vigorous public debate about healthcare.

The public debate about architecture quite often just stays on contemplating the final result, sort of the architectural object.

Mr Rajapaksa might well have won one. But a campaign would at least have thrown the issues open to public debate and scrutiny.

This was the very opposite of the public debate that the US needs on budgetary ends and means.

My contribution to the public debate begins and ends with this simple observation: getting tough with criminals is not the answer.

Now the lesson of that seems clear to me, and I don't know why it isn't informing public debate.

Yet in France there has been almost no public debate over whether to help Greece or other troubled peripheral countries.

The plan, released for public debate last week, lays out in broad strokes plans to introduce greater health-care funding and control prices.

It only adds to the offence that there is no room for a public debate about the causes and consequences of such attacks.

Polish public debate can indeed be overheated, but in his denunciation of it, Mr Michnik risks falling victim to the hysteria he bemoans.

The release of GMOs into the environment and the marketing of GM foods have resulted in a public debate in many parts of the world.

Ms. Karamanian says the public debate about capital punishment used to be about whether it deterred crime.

Roger Ebert ignited a great deal of public debate on the issue in 2006, by insisting that video games could never be considered art.

Public debate and political competition (agon was the Greek word, which gives us our "agony" ) were the norm in democratic Athens.

Either way, the world knew it was highly leveraged, and its solvency was a matter of intense public debate.

Thanks to the focus on crumbling public finances, that demographic time-bomb is now a common part of European public debate.

Many Republicans complained that Democrats were creating a slush fund with the oil money that would be sealed off from public debate.

He thinks the public debate about sovereign-wealth funds is the prelude to action against them and that the "kindling is dry" .

Government must show leadership and courage in standing up for science and rejecting an irrational public debate around it.

The cloud's potential political and social effect is only now entering the public debate.

Community-wide provision for those already in retirement, something not addressed by MPF, became part of the public debate.

The content of these elements will be determined and generated by the help of public debate by civil society.

But a better way of fostering public debate would be to hold an election.

In another reflection of the national campaign, the Tory candidate challenged her Labour rival to a public debate.

We find it refreshing that he has forced public debate on issues that must be debated publicly for a peace deal to happen.

He also faulted the United States, France and Britain for doing little to force a more public debate.

And while we managed to avoid large direct bailout costs (a fact not appreciated in public debate), we might not be lucky next time.

It has been interesting to me that Americans have just recently started to have more of a public debate on US foreign policy abroad.

The proposed regulations are expected to be released this month and to be open for public debate before being finalised.

For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

These decisions are not the result of public debate.

Given that Gruber was providing this kind of technical consulting, should he have recused himself entirely from the public debate?

It is hard to wrap your mind around this, especially with so much immigration demagoguery in public debate.

It's human nature to be interested in stories that involve conflict, tension, or public debate.

This public debate has taken for granted that inequality in these countries has risen as a result of globalisation.

Part of the media social responsibility is to stir public debate and provoke readers to ponder.

Today, these issues are part of the public debate and are being covered in newspapers and on blogs.

PUBLIC debate on whether the government should prop up the slumping stock market has intensified recently.

In this alarming chapter of American history, they might wind up fueling the best public debate yet.

THE glare of public debate was a departure from Thailand 's usual brand of political deal making.

Many analysts and lawmakers said in recent months that public debate had come under the sway of ill will felt toward Mr. Berlusconi.

An amateur video of the incident posted on YouTube sparked a public debate, and several official inquiries.

While we struggled to hold the agreement together, our public debate on Vietnam heated up once again.

Press freedom faces important challenges, but public debate generally remains spirited.

This is understandable but it is somewhat too complement to blame insufficient public debate prior to its construction.

But the online lynch mobs have also stirred a public debate that has included calls for legislation to protect user privacy on the Internet.

Immigration deserves a far more serious public debate than it has received to date.

Public debate falls between two poles. Some academics and most civil-rights activists stress the role played by racial discrimination.

For example, public debate on the Internet has been a major breakthrough in China, even if it falls short of American or European openness.

You need not make any excuses. They are superfluous, Especially so to me, having been accustomed to public debate.

The accident rekindled the public debate on this issue.

Also, she says, a large part of Chinese public life consists of ceremonies and symbols rather than public debate.

Public debate was stirred by the MPFA and focused on the potential impact that greater choice would have on overall fees.

Given the public debate about America's engagement in Iraq, that's understandable.

Regrettably , a prominent feature when looking back on our history is the lack of public debate.

The implication of the hydropower station is under fierce public debate.

and the absence of public debate about them among politicians, however ugly that debate may sometimes look.

In 2007, the former president of Middlebury College started the group Choose Responsibility to push the problem back into public debate.

In fact, the issue of GM food was never really put up for public debate.

However, the 'flash marriage' model has aroused heated public debate.

There, radiation dangers and reactor safety have yet to enter public debate.

But it has sparked a public debate in Brazil.

And so much is phoney in the public debate over "permanent" American bases in the country.

Privacy advocates worry there has been little public debate about what level of monitoring and inspection is appropriate.

Yet in the press and in public debate, the facts are typically dismissed, downplayed or ignored.

But Israel's chief justice says the deal, if struck, deserves public debate.

The public debate is being shaped by who shouts the loudest.

Unfortunately, this is an entirely understandable error, given the nature of education and public debate today.

But, like circumcision, it is an issue of public debate .

This is particularly the case if negotiations are accompanied by withdrawals amid a public debate over accelerating the process.

Her resignation caused much public debate.

A public debate is needed on these and other proposals to toughen Sarbanes-Oxley's sanctions.

The widespread use of Spanish in some American cities has generated a public debate over language used in the country.

There have been growing calls in China for public debate on GM organisms and clear labelling of products that contain them.

A public debate about derivatives is long overdue.

A lot of the public debate has been about protecting borrowers.

A public debate has arisen as to whether one should step forward bravely in the event of crime.

Education is the current focus of public debate.

This is far from the ideal forum of public debate that people had imagined.

We actually staged a public debate after the decision was made.

There has been much less public debate about mammograms.

A third area in need of public debate is energy policy.

You can have a public debate about politics, but about names it makes things more difficult.

There is plenty of public debate about who should run banks.

"There is a big gap between the reality and the public debate, " he says.

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The city's mayor laid a wreath, while the chancellor when the wall fell, Helmut Kohl, took part in a public debate.

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AFTER more than a year of furious but rarely public debate, this week Hong Kong was about to adopt a minimum-wage law.

But there is almost no public debate on the issue.

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Mr. Jia says film directors can highlight social issues and make them a topic of public debate.

They can also stimulate crucial public debate over controversial issues.

There is also public debate in China about whether bailing out Europe is the proper use for China's reserves.

A public debate about that is suggested.

I hope that the public debate over Cantonese will arouse our enthusiasm toward our city, our country and our language.

The Agreement has been subject to a thorough public debate among those whose future it will determine--the people of Hong Kong.

The dispute between the students and the school has snowballed into a public debate,

it has caused a heated public debate among us chinese

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