The Kennedy administration moves haltingly toward a Geneva conference on Laos just as serious debate over its foreign policy erupts for the first time.

The debate is over the origin of their similarities.

The debate over the Americans with Disabilities Act led some religious groups to take opposite positions.

Violence in this context means any unlawful touching, though there is some debate over whether the touching must also be hostile.

In the year 883, though there is some debate over the year, King Alfred, because of his support and his donation of alms to Rome, received a number of gifts from the Pope Marinus.

This has led to some debate over how real, and how universal, phonemes really are ( see phoneme for details ).

In 1937, an internal debate erupted over whether to defend Henry Ford's right to distribute anti-union literature.

In 1939, a heated debate took place over whether to prohibit communists from serving in ACLU leadership roles.

From time to time there has been debate over repealing the clause that prevents " Papists " ( Roman Catholics ) or those who marry one from ascending to the British throne.

Public interest in, and debate over, Hill's testimony is said to have launched modern-day public awareness and open discussion of the issue of workplace sexual harassment in the United States with the ultimate result that the behavior is less tolerated today.

Following the debate over Custer's Revenge, an Atari 2600 VCS title with adult themes, Atari had concerns over similar adult titles finding their way onto the 7800 and displaying adult graphics on the significantly improved graphics of the MARIA chip.

An intense debate broke out in public over the merits of such a system.

While government authorities prepared lists of aliens for deportation, many aliens fled the country during the debate over the Alien and Sedition Acts, and Adams never signed a deportation order.

In 1919, after delays caused by the destruction of World War I and a lengthy debate over who should head the institution and the socio-economic meanings of a reconciliation of the fine arts and the applied arts ( an issue which remained a defining one throughout the school's existence ), Gropius was made the director of a new institution integrating the two called the Bauhaus.

Disraeli's first premiership was dominated by the heated debate over the established Church of Ireland.

Since the mid-20th century, there has been considerable debate over how the earliest forms of life evolved and how to classify them, especially at the kingdom and domain levels and organisms that are or have been considered bacteria.

Scholars continue to debate over which history is more reliable: Chronicles or Samuel-Kings.

Many scholars debate over what happened on the threshing floor ; yet it seems unlikely Boaz and Ruth had sexual relations based on the narrative's portrayal of their character ( esp.

The debate over the credibility of the miracle of Jonah is not simply a modern one.

Jefferson's earnings reputedly enabled him to buy a car and employ chauffeurs ( although there is debate over the reliability of this as well ); he was given a Ford car " worth over $ 700 " by Mayo Williams, Paramount's connection with the black community.

There has been extensive historiographical debate over the comparative strengths of the fleets, although they were ostensibly evenly matched in size, each containing 13 ships of the line.

In 1998, Lomborg published four essays about the state of the environment in the leading Danish newspaper Politiken, which according to him " resulted in a firestorm debate spanning over 400 articles in major metropolitan newspapers.

There is much debate over whether or not the social and economic consequences of casino gambling outweigh the initial revenue that may be generated.

Another well-publicized incident from October 2000, usually referred to as the " Mystere incident ", involved Verant banning a player for creating controversial fan fiction, causing outrage among Everquest players and sparking a major industry-wide debate about players ' rights and the line between roleplaying and intellectual property infringement.

He refused to honor the House ’ s gag rule banning discussion or debate of the slavery issue.

Full, inner-party democratic debate was Bolshevik Party practice under Lenin, even after the banning of party factions in 1921.

The debate continues because in November 2006, Michigan voters passed Proposal 2, banning most affirmative action in university admissions.

Although both Brooks and director Bud Schaetzle publicly denied that the video was crafted specifically to foster debate, its banning shed light on Nashville's conservative programming practices and brought attention to Brooks ' developing sense of showmanship.

* Steve Bechler, relief pitcher who briefly appeared for the Baltimore Orioles and died in spring training in 2003 ; his death, likely contributed to by ephedra, spurred widespread debate over the drug that resulted in the Food and Drug Administration banning it.

HCI was the chief supporter of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, known as the " Brady Bill ", enacted in 1993 after a seven-year debate ; and successfully lobbied for passage of the first-ever Federal Assault Weapons Ban, banning the manufacture and importation of so-called military-style assault weapons, a provision that critics called " arbitrary " and " symbolic ".

During a warm debate in the House of Peers, Lord Spencer was speaking something in the house that their great ancestors did, when suddenly the Earl of Arundel cuts him off and then said " My Lord, when these things you speak of were doing, your ancestors were keeping sheep ".

My present intention is to vote against the Second Reading, not having spoken in the debate.

He resigned as the Speaker of the House of Representatives on 24 November 2011, stating: " My desire is to be able to participate in policy and parliamentary debate, and this would be incompatible with continuing in the role of Speaker ".

The implications Hawking had opined led to the Susskind-Hawking battle, where Leonard Susskind and Gerard't Hooft publicly ' declared war ' on Hawking's solution, with Susskind publishing a popular book about the debate in 2008 ( The Black Hole War: My battle with Stephen Hawking to make the world safe for quantum mechanics, ISBN 978-0-316-01640-7 ).

He stated that " My judgment was blinded by my frustration with the ongoing efforts – often anonymous, well-funded, and coordinated – to attack climate science and scientists and prevent this debate, and by the lack of transparency of the organizations involved.

He admitted obtaining the other documents from Heartland by deceptive means, " in a serious lapse of my own professional judgment and ethics ", and stated that " My judgment was blinded by my frustration with the ongoing efforts – often anonymous, well-funded, and coordinated – to attack climate science and scientists and prevent this debate, and by the lack of transparency of the organizations involved.

Kärlekens språk ( The Language of Love ) was an informative documentary about sex and sexual techniques that featured the first real act of sex in a mainstream film, and inevitably it caused intense debate around the world.

The fierce debate about the film is discussed at length in For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism.

In 1978, his novel A Love in Germany about an affair between a Polish POW and a German woman in World War II stirred up a debate about the past of Hans Filbinger, Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg who had been a Navy lawyer and judge at the end of World War II.

At one operated by Professor Love, a complacent student named Carrie Nation was driven to tears when she was unable to formulate an argument for a class debate concerning animal sentience.

He specialised as an antagonist on Carlton TV ’ s live debate programmes in the early 1990s and moved on to play an important role in the BBC ’ s I Love series, and Channel 4 ’ s 100 Greatest.

In 1886, the Melbourne Anarchist Club led a debate on the topic, and a couple of years later released an anonymous pamphlet on the subject: ' Free Love — Explained and Defended ' ( possibly written by David Andrade or Chummy Fleming ).

* No Love Lost-A lively debate about the nature of democracy in America, in the form of an imaginary dialogue between Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr ; the work is based on their writings.

Love and marriage are usually the topic of the debate.

The exact origin of the kinderwhore image is up for debate, though it is widely accepted that Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland was the first to define it, Courtney Love of Hole was the first to popularize it.

The Simpsons ' season 21, episode 20 To Surveil With Love: Lisa faced prejudice from her brunette peers because of her blonde hair at a debate meeting.

Love and Rage had a very lively culture of internal debate that, for most of its life, successfully avoided sectarian bickering.

Tunnel of Love falls into a grey area and its status is open to debate.