( Time, 23 March 1987, " Farewell Dark Prince ") However, he has been quoted saying that ; " I really resent being depicted as some sort of dark mystic or some demonic power .... All I can do is sit down and talk to someone ...." ( The New York Times, 4 December 1977, Jackson Aide Stirs Criticism in Arms Debate, Richard L. Madden )

Members of the club participated in the 13th All Asian Debate Championship in Langkawi, Malaysia and won the " Best New Team Award " in the 12th All Asian Debate Championship.

Other activities at Deptford High School include Chess Club, All-School Musical ( which usually takes place in the Spring ), Culture Club, Debate Club, ERASE, the Fall Play, FBLA, Future Teachers of America, Freshman Transition, Gay-Straight Alliance, Girls ' Athletic Association, Healthcare Careers Club, Mock Trial, National Art Honor Society, National Honor Society, Peer Mediation, Peer Tutors, Project Graduation, RAP ( Respect All People ), Robotics Club, Rotary Interact, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Science Club, Spartan Spirit Newspaper, Strength and Conditioning, Student Athletic Trainers, and SGA.

All judges for Carroll County Debate League, Baltimore Catholic Forensics League, National Catholic Forensics League, and National Forensic League tournaments consist of volunteers.

The university competes in intercollegiate debate within the National Educational Debate Association, in intercollegiate mock trial and computer science competitions, and at South Carolina Student Legislature.

The debate raged in the 1920s and 1930s, and that specific period of the debate has come to be known by economic historians as The Socialist Calculation Debate.

* Intelligent Design Debate debate between paleontologist Peter Ward and Stephen Meyer co-founder of the Discovery Institute at Talk of the Times event at Town Hall Center for Civic Life, Seattle, Washington

In the final October 9, 1996 Vice Presidential Debate against Al Gore ( held as the Dole – Kemp ticket trailed badly in the national polls ), Kemp was soundly beaten, and Al Gore's performance is considered one of the best modern debate performances.

The 1956 Pipeline Debate led to the widespread impression that the Liberals had grown arrogant in power when the government invoked closure on numerous occasions in order to curtail debate and ensure that its Pipeline Bill passed by a specific deadline.

Lederman was an early supporter of Science Debate 2008, an initiative to get the then-candidates for president, Barack Obama and John McCain, to debate the nation's top science policy challenges.

The debate formats sponsored by the NFL include Policy Debate ( Cross-Examination ), Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, and Student Congress.

Debate clubs and lyceums also developed as forums in which common citizens could hear speakers and sharpen debate skills.

* Modalism vs. Youtube: Trinitarianism Debate debate between reverend David Bernard of New Life UPCI versus reverend Gene Cook of Reformed Baptist Church

Between 1892, when Harvard and Yale met in the first intercollegiate debate, and 1909, the year of the first Triangular Debate of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, the rhetoric, symbolism, and metaphors used in athletics were used to frame these early debates.

* On February 15, 1965, the new maple leaf flag was adopted in Canada, after much acrimonious debate known as the Great Flag Debate.

* The Martin-Frame Debate A written debate between skeptic Michael Martin and Christian John Frame about the transcendental argument for the existence of God.

* The Drange-Wilson Debate A written debate between skeptic Theodore Drange and Christian Douglas Wilson.

During the late 1980s and the 1990s, debate between positivists and post-positivists became the dominant debate and has been described as constituting the Third " Great Debate " ( Lapid 1989 ).

The Roger Sherman Debate Society participates in policy debate tournaments sanctioned by the Cross Examination Debate Association.

Yankton's debate team is the host of the annual Lewis and Clark Debate Tournament, held on the last weekend of the month of January.

The political, historical and socio-religious debate over the history and location of the Babri Mosque and whether a previous temple was demolished or modified to create it, is known as the Ayodhya Debate.

The Northwestern Debate Society is a policy debate team which has won fourteen National Debate Tournaments, the highest number of any university.

Some pro-nanobot responses to Smalley's argument can be found at Debate About Assemblers — Smalley Rebuttal, The Drexler-Smalley debate on molecular assembly, Of Chemistry, Nanobots, and Policy, and Is the Revolution Real?

The Debate events include Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, and Parliamentary Debate.

Edward J. Larson, a historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion, notes: " Like so many archetypal American events, the trial itself began as a publicity stunt.

For example, some districts may opt to split the qualifying competition for Student Congress from the remaining events, or hold separate tournaments for Individual Events and Debate.

Controversial events, such as the 1956 " Pipeline Debate " over the construction of the Trans-Canada Pipeline, had hurt the government.

With multiple nationally ranked speakers and debaters, La Costa Canyon has advanced students at the national tournament in a variety of events, including Public Forum Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, Congressional Debate, Original Oratory, and Humorous Interpretation.

Other popular events include The Great Debate, a televised comedy debate, the Opening Night Super Show, and Upfront, a night of performances exclusively featuring female comedians.

The Robert C. Wright Speech and Debate Team ( named in honor of alumnus and former Chairman of NBC Universal Robert C. Wright ) regularly competes with the best high school speaking and debating teams, both in the New York City Metropolitan area and nationally, and has produced national champions in several events.

Because we feel, in view of the gravity of the events which we are debating, that the House has a duty and that every Member has a responsibility to record his particular judgment upon them, we feel we must divide the House at the end of our Debate to-day.

Creative Writing, Debate, Drama ( one-act plays ), Forensics ( a variety of individual events ), Magazines, Newspapers, Scholastic Bowl ( a variety of quizbowl ), and Yearbooks

Debate is a two-day tournament in April that features four events: Student Congress, Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, and Policy.

* Xavullash, the Bengali festival, comprises events like Debate, Extempore, Elocution etc.

** World Debate Website – Information about university debating events around the globe

The station has continued to do periodic local events including a live broadcast by Ed Schultz and a " Great Debate " between progressive talker Thom Hartmann and WIND's conservative talker Michael Medved.

Other major concerts and events have included Oprah Winfrey ( 2006 ), Walking with Dinosaurs ( 2008 ), a CNN Presidential Debate ( 2012 ), Kid Rock ( 2008, 2011 ), The Dave Matthews Band ( since 2005 ), Katy Perry ( 2011 ), Kenny Chesney ( 2011 ) and Prince ( 2011 ).

Main Speech and Debate events offered at Cary Academy include:

Wyatt was also divorced from Toby Ziegler by this time ; the reasons for this are unknown, through some of the events leading to this were shown in the forth season episode Debate Camp.

The festival consists of many events such C and Java Debugging, LAN Gaming, Quiz, Debate, Photography, Logo Designing, Grand Prix, Treasure Hunt etc.

Debate has been generated among economists whether such a category of " public goods " exists.

Debate over the census and their contents have periodically created changes in the Statistics Act such as a 2005 amendment making the privacy restrictions of the census information expire after more than a century.

The program participates in National Debate Tournament & Cross Examination Debate Association, competing head to head at tournaments against major universities such as Harvard, Dartmouth, Northwestern, USC, Emory, and the University of Michigan.

It oversees subsidiary groups such as the International Relations Council ( IRC ), Princeton's Model Congress ( PMC ), Princeton Debate Panel ( PDP ), Princeton Mock Trial ( PMT ).

The Princeton Debate Panel is one of the world's top intercollegiate debating societies, and competes regularly against teams such as the Oxford Union, the Cambridge Union Society, and the Hart House Debating Club.

The Court held in Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund that Congressional subpoenas are within the scope of the Speech and Debate clause which provides " an absolute bar to judicial interference " once it is determined that Members are acting within the " legitimate legislative sphere " with such compulsory process.

In 2006, Younger-Ross proposed a Ten Minute Rule Bill restricting Sunday trading hours in the UK for shops, arguing that without such legislation the British people would lose " rhythm of life " ( House of Commons Debate, 24 May 2006 ).

It is a type of American high school one-on-one debate practiced in National Forensic League ( NFL ) competitions, and widely used in related debate leagues such as the National Catholic Forensic League, Stoa USA, the National Educational Debate Association, the National Christian Forensics and Communication Association, the Texas UIL, and their affiliated regional organizations.

However, the method accepted by most national organizations such as the National Forensic League, Tournament of Champions, National Catholic Forensic League, Cross-Examination Debate Association, and National Debate Tournament, use values ranging from 1 – 30.

Some areas and tournaments ( such as the Harvard National Congress or Deerfield National Debate ), rather than using the relatively new one minute mandatory questioning period, revert to old NFL rules and use the remaining time a speech has before three minutes have elapsed for cross examination in order to allow for more speeches in a session.

In addition, the school also has several clubs, such as The Drama Club, The Debate Club, The Environmental Club, The Living Green Team, El Club de Oratoria, Advanced Art, The Student Council, among others.

In recent years turnout at the Society's debates has been good, particularly for debates such as the annual Parliamentary Debate.

The school is also active in the National Parliamentary Debate Association ( NPDA ), which is America's largest college debate organization and where students have gained national attention by defeating traditional debate powers such as Cedarville and Notre Dame.

Some of the drama of the Middle Ages was of the closet-drama type, such as the drama of Hroswitha of Gandersheim, or dialectical works such as The Debate of Body and Soul or the Interludium de Clerico et Puella.

In 2005, he became a figure in the National Gun Debate when he publicly opposed a move by his home state ’ s legislature to remove the shooting portion of the CCW permit, stating that such allowed the carrying of loaded firearms by individuals who may have no knowledge of safe gun operation.

These appointments range from Convention Coordinator, Director of Debate, CIA Director and other varying positions such as Debate officers, CIA and FEC agents who facilitate communication with individual JSA chapters.

Some of the extracurricular activities offered at IA's central campus include FIRST Robotics ; buildOn ( formerly known as Building with Books ); Science Olympiad ; scuba diving classes and international dive trips ; Biology and Physics Olympiads ; Political Debate Club ; Model United Nations ; Quiz Bowl ; the Phoenix Theatre Company ; Forensics ; various ethnic organizations such as the Indian-American Student Association, the Asian Student Association, and the Black Student Association ; religious organizations such as the Christian Student Initiative and the Muslim Student Association ; a Gay-Straight-Whatever Alliance ; an active photography club ; DECA ; and various environmental groups.