In recent weeks, the struggle to define our nation has included a debate over the legality of gay marriage.
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Discussion topics included a debate over the benefits of sharing or sparing, zoning, restoration, community forest management, the environmental impacts of global commodity production, innovative polycentric governance mechanisms, different scales of conservation finance, and spatial analysis tools for monitoring biodiversity conservation.
On the audio extra for the second-season episode "Funhouse," the director, John Patterson, describes choices made for the episode's various dream sequences -- including a debate over whether the talking fish should actually move its lips -- and alludes to a bit of behind-the-scenes tension during filming of a telephone sequence.
People close to the White House said Summers faced not only a rebellion among liberal Democrats but also other challenges, including a debate over whether to launch a military strike against Syria that stretched out the Fed process and gave more time for opposition to build.
Early discussions at Wcit have included a debate over an internet-related clause championed by Tunisia.
In an otherwise ho-hum conference, this smack talk sent the blogosphere into a tizzy, including a debate over whether Jobs "spun" The New York Times by explaining away the decision not to include a camera in the iPod Touch as a way to keep the cost down because Touch was a "game machine" and the "lowest-cost way to the App Store".
The request became entangled in multiple regulatory processes, including a debate over whether Edison would have to go through a lengthy license amendment process with trial-like hearings before restart.
The chief of the L.A. city Fire Department is calling for "a professional and respectful workplace" after a series of incidents in recent months that included a debate over protests by NFL players, "a perceived lack of sensitivity" toward nonwhite firefighters and a "near physical altercation" among those of different ethnic backgrounds after someone was late to work.
