But Mitch Smith found that the mascot, and the debate surrounding it, have not gone away.
Maintaining church buildings is a complicated task and the debate surrounding it is far from simple.
Still, Appel offered a theory consistent with the debate surrounding it.
But the debate surrounding it provided a preview of where parties are likely to stand when the Senate reconvenes under Republican leadership next month.
The simplistic and alarmist way in which the media report corruption overseas shows how risky it is to abdicate responsibility in the public debate surrounding it.
While the ACA was designed to provide that stability nationally, it isn't perfect, Jha said, and the endless partisan debate surrounding it in Washington, D.C., and in some states has blocked needed fixes, according to analysts.
For officials in Brussels, the treaty's virtues were self-evident, but in Ukraine the agreement carried symbolic weight, and the debate surrounding it became a referendum on the country's future.
"These lawmakers, whose districts tilt more Democratic and Hispanic than many others in border states, worry that a crackdown, and the tone of debate surrounding it, will alienate Mexico, one of the country's most important trading partners.
Mr. Boyer, who wrote an article last September about the making of the movie and the debate surrounding it, added: "This movie opened with $25 million yesterday, and it did so for a reason.
Still, to the advocates who had never before even been able to get such a bill introduced in the Legislature, the swiftness with which the bill moved in the Senate, and the tone of the debate surrounding it, signaled a transformation in the way Republicans view this issue.
Radio 4's PM programme is this week running a whole series on cannabis, and the debate surrounding it.
