A Debate Held October 21, 1915, Brooklyn, New York, Under the Auspices of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Subject :-Resolved, That Socialism Ought to Prevail in the United States.

Debate on the all-important foreign-aid bill, with its controversial long-range proposals, had just begun on the Senate floor at the weekend.

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.

* " Cement Industry Is at Center of Climate Change Debate " article by Elizabeth Rosenthal in the New York Times October 26, 2007

* 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

During his first year in office, Callaghan started what has since become known as ' The Great Debate ', when he spoke at Ruskin College, Oxford about the ' legitimate concerns ' of a public about education as it took place in the nation's maintained schools.

* 1920 — The Shapley-Curtis Debate takes place at the Smithsonian

The Liberal Party finally split openly during the Maurice Debate in 1918, at which Lloyd George was accused ( almost certainly correctly ) of hoarding manpower in the UK to prevent Haig from launching any fresh offensives ( e. g. Passchendaele, 1917 ), possibly with a view to sending more troops to Palestine or Italy instead, and thus contributing to Allied weakness during the temporarily successful German offensives of spring 1918, in which British casualties were actually heavier than in their own offensives the previous year.

( According to Thucydides in speeches attributed to Archidamus at the famous Debate at Sparta in 432 BC ).

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 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.

He presented a self-penned film at the launch of BBC Choice ( now BBC3 ), and did the same for a project by Carlton ‘ The Great London Debate ’.

In 1959 Richard Nixon, then Vice President, and Nikita Khrushchev held discussions at the Moscow Trade Fair, which became known as the “ Kitchen Debate ” because they were mostly held in the kitchen of a suburban model house.

: Race and the Debate Among Republicans over the Direction of the GOP, 1964 – 1968 .” Paper presented at the 2006 Conference of the Historical Society, Chapel Hill, NC.

The purpose of The Wiley College Debate Team is not only to compete at a national and regional level, but also to instill a strong work ethic, a drive for academic excellence and a spirit of ethical competition in its student leaders.

In the 2009 – 2010 season the Wiley Debate Team continued to win a plethora of awards and achievements at many of the tournaments covering the Texas and Louisana regions.

The team was nationally ranked fourth in Debate at the 2010 Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament — the same national tournament the team was denied participation at over seventy-five years ago.

* The official name of the policy debate team at Western Connecticut State University is the " Roger Sherman Debate Society ".

Debate on keeping or changing the New Zealand Flag started before May 1973, when a remit to change the flag was voted down by the Labour Party at their national conference.

The International Public Debate Association ( IPDA ), inaugurated on February 15, 1997 at St. Mary's University ( Texas ) in San Antonio, Texas, is a national debate league currently active in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Florida, and Oklahoma.

* The Great Debate: Documents of the Sino-Soviet Split at Marxists Internet Archive

Berton's television career included spots as host and writer on My Country, The Great Debate, Heritage Theatre, The Secret of My Success and The National Dream.

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.

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 ).

He also appears frequently on various other BBC TV programmes, including Daily Politics, Sunday Politics & Newsnight, ITV ’ s Late Debate ( panellist since 2009 ) and Sky News as a newspaper reviewer.

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

* United Nations press release, 4 February 2011: Following Protracted Debate, Roll-Call Vote on ‘ No Action ’ Motion, Committee Defers Consideration of International Lesbian and Gay Association

* The Role of Courts in a Democracy: A Debate Video of Charles Clarke in a Public Debate, Oxford, February 2011

*" Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Lawyers Debate Value of Stolen Gold, February 29, 2000 "

* Mylroie, Laurie, " February 26, 2001 debate at the Cato Institute ", Debate with Ambassador Edward Peck, Former Chief of Mission, U. S. Embassy in Iraq, Laurie Mylroie, and Ivan Eland of the Cato Institute in Real Video

*" In Climate Debate, The ' Hockey Stick ' Leads to a Face-Off ", Antonio Regalado, The Wall Street Journal, 14 February 2005

* Debate with Norman Finkelstein, Democracy Now, 14 February 2006

In February 2012, for example, two students competed in the UC Berkeley Debate Tornament against 200 teams from more than 25 states and finished first. The school itself annually hosts one of the most prestigious high school debate tournaments in the country: The Heart of Texas Invitational.

* William D. Rogers and Kenneth Maxwell, " Fleeing the Chilean Coup: The Debate Over U. S. Complicity, Foreign Affairs, January / February 2004.

On February 7, 2012, during a Parliamentary Debate about Bill C-19, Miller stirred controversy after comparing the long-gun registry to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Regime quoting former Liberal Minister Allan Rock: " I came to Ottawa last year with the firm belief that the only people in Canada who should have firearms are police officers and the military.

Charles Kennedy at the Honorary President's Debate, February 2009

One of the Honorary President's duties is to chair the Honorary President's Debate, held in February each year.

* Dáil Éireann, Committee on Finance, Debate on 21 February, 1952.

In February 2010, the Herald accepted a text ad on its website from Bradley Smith with the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust, a Holocaust denial organization.

He was the host of the 2011 Canadian Election's Leaders ' Debate ( English debate ) on Tuesday April 12, 2011.

* A Sharp Debate Erupts in China Over Ideologies-New York Times, 12 March

*" Africa Resolves Telecommunications Debate Over EASSy Project ", Infoworld, June 12, 2006

* Sent 12 students to nationals from the Debate Team in 2006