Sentence examples for ground debate from inspiring English sources

Meryam Omi was speaking at our Keep it in the Ground debate on divestment; you can still catch the highlights here.

SEATTLE — A state appeals court here in Washington, in a major ruling on the "stand your ground" debate over personal safety, said Thursday that a defendant who successfully uses a self-defense claim is entitled to reimbursement for lost wages and other costs, as well as legal fees.

Because it is so often completely divorced from real evidence and the needs of real people, today's common ground debate is similar to the constant talk about "bipartisanship".

Situating such discussion in the context in which it is originally reported [63] has the potential to improve the dissemination and prominence of ethical discussion surrounding this potent technology, to ground debate about the nature and reach of its real-world implications, and to challenge assumptions of neutrality at every stage of the research process.

Tanya Sakzewski, a series producer for the Doha Debates, said: "This year we decided in a short time to hold debates in Tunisia and Egypt in order to be on the ground debating relevant issues in those countries.

Their stories of surviving cancer ground debates over efficacy and best practices in real-life, human experiences.

And yet, when I ask why in common ground debates we are not starting first with filling the estimated $300 million gap in Title X funding, for example, or ensuring that we pass the Prevention First Act, or demanding full funding of comprehensive sex education, or fully funding HIV prevention initiatives, I am constantly told the "Catholics" or the "Evangelicals" won't agree to this.

This is the "stand-your-ground" debate, where [the laws in some states] say, "No, it's his fault, and if he's threatening you, you don't have to retreat".

An unsolvable problem of the past might not seem like fertile ground for debate.

There have been intellectual discussions between the church and the left for decades...the new thing is that many ordinary believers and voters are opting for the left politically and that should create a fertile ground for debate.

Although the precise shape of an appointive system is a fair ground for debate, most reasonable reformers would support a commission-based appointment system bearing no resemblance to the type of appointment scheme attacked by persons quoted in the column.