TWENTY years ago a debate erupted about whether there were specific "Asian values".
During the campaign, a debate erupted among Catholics over John Kerry's support for abortion rights.
By his account, a debate erupted among H.P. directors over whether the company needed to disclose the sexual harassment claim.
(A similar debate erupted more recently when the Tsarnaev brothers, believed to be responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing, were revealed to be Muslims from the Caucasus).
A public debate erupted over the extent to which Mr. Pratt and the Black Panthers had been singled out by law enforcement agencies.
The singer's fans feel so proprietary about the gesture that a debate erupted on an online fan discussion board when Lady Gaga made the hand heart.
The House speaker, William O'Brien, sought such an exemption as a national debate erupted over a federal mandate for contraception coverage.
As that threshold was passed just after 2 20 a.m., scores of supporters who had filled the chamber's gallery and waited hours through the debate erupted into cheers.
In the weeks after Ms. Sharif's arrest, a debate erupted between conservative clerics and their followers and the kingdom's increasingly outspoken women.
Jezebel, a blog that has been tracking the appearance of minorities in fashion shows since the debate erupted, noted that the numbers are hardly encouraging.
But a debate erupted online and in newsrooms around the world: was this the most remarkable survivor since Ernest Shackleton, or the biggest fraud since the Hitler diaries?
