Reading about famous oratory aroused Johnson's interest in political dialogue and private debates with customers having opposing views on issues of the day.

The original acts and debates of the council, as prepared by its general secretary, Bishop Angelo Massarelli, in six large folio volumes, are deposited in the Vatican Library and remained there unpublished for more than 300 years and were brought to light, though only in part, by Augustin Theiner, priest of the oratory ( d. 1874 ), in Acta genuina sancti et oecumenici Concilii Tridentini nunc primum integre edita ( 2 vols., Leipzig, 1874 ).

While there, Polk joined the Dialectic Society where he regularly took part in debates and learned the art of oratory.

The WWHDP is not merely a mechanism for conducting prize debates but also an organization dedicated to promoting prize-worthy debating, replete with finely honed rhetoric, oratory, and argumentation.

His aggressive oratory, while suitable for speeches, tended to oversimplify issues, and Holland was frequently criticised in Parliamentary debates as an impractical idealogue.

They have also won many laurels in debates, quiz contests and youth festivals in Pune and outside.

Ahmad's followers claim that he had categorically vowed in Anjam-e-Atham not to engage in any more debates, as he judged them ineffective at convincing the religious clergy to reform ( the reason why he had challenged Meher Ali Shah to such a decisive contest in the first place and not to a debate ); rather, he would invoke God for divine intervention by holding such contests or " prayer duels ", which he called Ejazi-Muqabala, or " miraculous contest ", between him and his opponents, primarily Christian missionaries and Muslim scholars and divines.

Xfire hosts events every month ranging from chat sessions with the program's developers or game developers, debates, game tournaments and machinima contests.

There are also debates, discussions, word games and writing contests in English and Hindi.

Activities such as a " Battle of the Bands ", barbecues, dress-up days, movie viewings, novelty races, great debates and theatresport contests are held each day.

Participated in a large number of declamation contests and prize debates in the College and University and was often judged as the best speaker.

Current debates within the profession include the ethics of purely cosmetic procedures on animals, such as declawing of cats, docking of tails, cropping of ears and debarking on dogs.

These include campaign issues, debates and commercials.

Forums where these debates took place include the proceedings of the first conference dedicated to Derrida's work, published as " Les Fins de l ' homme à partir du travail de Jacques Derrida: colloque de Cerisy, 23 juillet-2 août 1980 ", Derrida's " Feu la cendre / cio ' che resta del fuoco ", and the studies on Paul Celan by Lacoue-Labarthe and Derrida which shortly preceded the detailed studies of Heidegger's politics published in and after 1987.

The names under which parliamentary debates were published include Proceedings of the Lower Room of the Robin Hood Society and Debates of the Senate of Magna Lilliputia.

Instruments of soft power include debates on cultural values, dialogues on ideology, the attempt to influence through good example, and the appeal to commonly accepted human values.

Current debates within the profession include the ethics of purely cosmetic procedures on animals, such as declawing of cats, docking of tails, cropping of ears and debarking on dogs.

Teitelbaum's works include collections of responsa and novelae ( scholarly contributions to Talmudic debates ) entitled Divrei Yoel and Al HaGeulah V ' Al HaTemurah this was written with the help of the late Rabbi N. Y. Meisels.

For these reasons, those seeking to avoid association with the left-right political debates often seek to label their work with phrases that do not include the word " social ".

Other debates include the following:

These include addresses given to troops by their generals before battles and numerous political speeches, both by Athenian and Spartan leaders, as well as debates between various parties.

Notable features of the magazine include head-to-head debates between two writers with opposing views on a subject ; roundtable discussions, in which a series of experts with varying views on a given topic meet for a discussion, an edited transcript of which is published in the magazine ; and interviews with major political and cultural figures ( recent examples include Orhan Pamuk, Paul Wolfowitz, and Craig Venter ).

Issues include the Patriot Act, and other debates of privacy vs. security.

Adam de la Halle, also known as Adam le Bossu ( Adam the Hunchback ) ( 1237 ?– 1288 ) was a French-born trouvère, poet and musician, whose literary and musical works include chansons and jeux-partis ( poetic debates ) in the style of the trouveres, polyphonic rondel and motets in the style of early liturgical polyphony, and a musical play, " Jeu de Robin et Marion ", which is considered the earliest surviving secular French play with music.

They include common public policy debates ( school vouchers, term limits, euthanasia, capital punishment, race-based affirmative action ) as well as more unconventional ideas ( mandatory organ donation, proxy voting for children, private criminal prosecution, and innumerable others ).

Relevant resources include rebuttals to arguments made by religious apologists and theistic philosophers, transcripts of debates between believers and nonbelievers, and responses from opponents of a naturalistic worldview.

Collaborative learning activities can include collaborative writing, group projects, joint problem solving, debates, study teams, and other activities.

Other responsibilities include organizing UF's Legal Day, sponsoring the Miss University of Florida pageant, lobbying efforts on behalf of the university, and various community debates regarding issues concerning Florida and UF.

# At least two debates must include rebuttals and surrebuttals.

His debates over the rights of native priests had extended to include questions of race and nationalism.

At a 1987 press conference announcing the commission's creation, Fahrenkopf said that the commission was not likely to include third-party candidates in debates, and Paul G. Kirk, Democratic national chairman, said

After debates about what to include and how to present it, with an eventual budget of $ 2, 000, 000, the project was ready.

Methods for auditory learners include repeating words aloud, small-group discussion, debates, listening to books on tape, oral reports, and oral interpretation.

Yearly events include regular ( weekly halaqas & linguistic classes ), social ( Food festivals ), cultural ( Eid ), Charity drives ( Charity week ), physical ( sports ), Academic ( speakers tours, lectures, courses, conferences & seminars ) Intellectual ( debates ) and campaigns ( Islam awareness & justice )

The first conference was a continuation of the debates of the 2nd Hague Conference, with the United Kingdom hoping for the formation of an International Prize Court.

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.

In 2004, the Citizens ' Debate Commission ( CDC ) was formed with the stated mission of returning control of the debates to an independent nonpartisan body rather than a bipartisan body.

" In 2004, the Citizens ' Debate Commission was formed in the hope of establishing an independent sponsor for presidential debates, with a more voter-centric role in the definition of the participants, format, and rules.

The Woodrow Wilson Honorary Debate Panel ( WWHDP ) sponsors and promotes prize debates at Princeton University.

The Lincoln – Douglas Debate format is named for the 1858 Lincoln – Douglas Debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, because their debates focused on slavery and the morals, values, and logic behind it.

The Citizens ' Debate Commission ( CDC ) is a nonpartisan American organization, formed in 2004, that was established to sponsor future general election presidential debates.

The Citizens ' Debate Commission advocates the following format stipulations for future presidential debates:

The Citizens ' Debate Commission also proposes the following four basic formats for future presidential debates:

The Citizens ' Debate Commission ( CDC ) and others were instrumental in getting the campaigns to publish the MOU in advance of the debates.

*" PBS NewsHour ": " As Violence Peaks and Dips, Debate Over ' Surge ' Persists " ( March 11, 2008 ) Kagan, an architect of the Iraq " surge " strategy, debates the outcome of that strategy with journalist Nir Rosen.

Debate over the origin of the Scablands raged for four decades and is one of the great debates in the history of earth science.

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

He participated in the Independent Presidential Candidates Debate on March 25, 1992, along with former Senator and Presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy and others who had been excluded from the major debates.

The Uganda Debate occasionally is still brought up in the political debates within present-day Israel.

Although many teams in pre-merger Cross Examination Debate Association debates advocated philosophical objections to plans and resolutions for several years prior to the advent of the " Kritik ," the argument was more self-consciously developed by NDT teams at The University of Texas, coached by Bill Shanahan.

" She is regularly invited to participate in prestigious All-India debates, like the annual one in Kolkata, The Telegraph Debate.

From 1964 until 1967, he was Government House Leader in charge of the Pearson minority government's parliamentary strategy for much of its tenure, including during the Great Flag Debate and parliamentary debates on the introduction of Medicare.

Historian Mark C. Smith, for instance, has investigated earlier debates over the purpose of social science in his book, Social Science in the Crucible: The American Debate over Objectivity and Purpose, 1918-1941 ( Duke University Press, 1994 ).

* Krikorian debates on illegal immigration at Boston University College of Communication's 24th annual Great Debate on BUniverse.

* Debate Society-regular debates held by the students on topical subjects