Sentence examples for protracted debate over from inspiring English sources

Linking the study of business and politics, Haynes reconstructs the passionate and protracted debate over the development of the book trade in nineteenth-century France.

But for a recent stretch of a few months, its letters page was home to a protracted debate over exactly how cool got cool.

Beyond the sniping of opposing lawmakers, this legislative crisis has reached deeper into the layers of Washington, perhaps even more than the protracted debate over health care did.

The Tibetan Women's Association, for example, went through a protracted debate over its stand on the Dalai Lama's proposal of a "middle way" short of full independence.

The protracted debate over whether to allow gay scouts and scout leaders has angered many church leaders and parents across the political and religious spectrums.

Since then, five more have turned up, drawing the Army, federal lawmakers and the State of Colorado into a protracted debate over how to dispose of them.

On Long Island last summer, two school districts, fearful of being exclusionary, had protracted debates over whether to let the Scouts meet in school buildings.

Kennedy has threatened "protracted" debate on the nomination once it reaches the floor, perhaps later this month.

Each issue has generated protracted debate.

About a third of businesses blame either "taxes" or "government requirements" for their current troubles, leading some economists to attribute the recent slide in overall business optimism to Washington's protracted debates over tax policy, financial changes and health care.

The protracted debate in Washington over a United Nations resolution to lift sanctions against Iraq has included discussion of a measure to urge all nations to work toward the return of the stolen antiquities, American officials said today.