Sentence examples for pointed debates from inspiring English sources

In keeping with the company's commitment to radical transparency -- for instance, one of the site's subsections, Sausage, posts internal debates and documents -- Gawker held public, sometimes pointed debates among its staff ahead of the contentious vote.

So, amidst today's fanfare and pointed debate, ask yourself one simple question.

The counterargument is that the discussion is better served by clearer words, even if that means pointed debate.

The decision has surprised American civil libertarians and touched off a pointed debate about the need to rein in the powers of the executive branch.

Mr. Obama was also in the Senate Thursday, where he prompted a pointed debate with Mr. McCain over a tuition assistance bill for soldiers.

Still, the bill approved by Uruguay's Senate came after a pointed debate among legislators, producing a compromise that disappointed both abortion rights groups and opponents, who have vowed to carry out a referendum to overturn the legislation.

Some heavyweights of the Senate engaged in a pointed debate today over the future of the filibuster as the chamber headed toward a partisan showdown over the use of it to block nominations.

The morning after, when Greece totals the complete and final bill, is likely to feature a pointed debate here and around the world over whether the Olympics have become too big and too demanding for the host cities.

The case called on the justices to assimilate a fair amount of medical and anatomical knowledge in order to deal with the distinctions among the various procedures, and it was evident that some members of the court had studied the numerous briefs carefully enough to engage the attorney general in some pointed debate about medical opinion.

However, he never tells us exactly which portions are acceptable and which not, nor does he engage Sa'adiah in a pointed debate on any issue.

Sources are also predicting a pointed debate between the heads of the industrialized nations over an appropriate response to Iranian authorities' suppression of reformist demonstrations in Iran led by Mir Hossein Mousavi and other Iranian opposition leaders.