The college teacher needs the stimulus of communication with other faculty members but he also needs to feel that such communication, even informal debates over the luncheon table, are a contribution to the total good of the institution.

In recent years, persuasion has tipped over into debates over conformity in certain areas of doctrine, discipline, worship, and ethics.

After heated debates over startup continued through 1993, French and Russian nuclear consultants declared operating conditions basically safe.

These speeches, which are given in full, have been the source of debates over the historical accuracy of Acts.

Arguments over death and resurrection claims occur at many religious debates and interfaith dialogues.

Draws on literary and other writings to study the debates over liberty and tyranny.

Two decades later, Churchill and other New Liberals regularly invoked Green's arguments in parliamentary debates over English legislation.

His life was characterised by debates over issues that arose within the fledgling organisation and some of this process can be found in the book Robert Roberts — A study of his life and character by Islip Collyer.

Throughout history and the present day, the meaning and methods of education have changed through debates over what content or experiences result in an educated individual or an educated society.

There are different interpretations of the significance of the Eucharist, but according to the Encyclopædia Britannica " there is more of a consensus among Christians about the meaning of the Eucharist than would appear from the confessional debates over the sacramental presence, the effects of the Eucharist, and the proper auspices under which it may be celebrated.

This section describes the history of the idea of feudalism, how the concept originated among scholars and thinkers, how it changed over time, and modern debates about its use.

As with other social movements, there is also conflict within and between LGBT movements, especially about strategies for change and debates over exactly who comprises the constituency that these movements represent.

In the subsequent public debates, presided over by agents of the Emperor Valens, Gregory and Basil emerged triumphant.

Conflict and debates over the expansion of slavery to new territories constituted one of the reasons for the southern states ' secession and the American Civil War.

There have long been debates in the jazz community over the definition and the boundaries of “ jazz ”.

While there were debates over the specifics, especially the route to be taken, there was a public consensus that such a railroad should be built by private interests financed by public land grants.

Special attention was paid to the Populist metaphors and debates over silver and gold.

This concept is especially important in continental philosophy, where ' the Subject ' is a central term in debates over human autonomy and the nature of the self.

In the modern continental tradition, which may plausibly be said to date from Descartes, debates over the nature of the Subject play a role comparable to debates over personhood within the distinct Anglo-American tradition of analytical philosophy.

As reported in several studies, the media have depicted cults as problematic, controversial, and threatening from the beginning, tending to favor sensationalistic stories over balanced public debates ( Beckford, 1985 ; Richardson, Best, & Bromley, 1991 ; Victor, 1993 ).

Vigorous debates wage among scientists over the relative importance of genetic drift compared with natural selection.

During the first Assemblies, theologians Vasileios Ioannidis and Amilkas Alivizatos contributed significantly to the debates that led to the drafting of the " Toronto Statement ", a foundational document which facilitated Eastern Orthodox participation in the organization and today it constitutes its ecclesiological charter.

If it will simply delay the debates until the qualifications are closed next spring, and then carry all the candidates on a tour of debates, it can provide a service to the state.

There were long debates on such issues as sovereignty, the exact powers to be given the confederate government, whether to have a judiciary, and voting procedures.

It is likely that the work was not written by Alexander himself, but rather by his pupils on the basis of debates involving Alexander.

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 leadership of the ACLU does not always agree on policy decisions: Differences of opinion within the ACLU leadership have sometimes grown into major debates.

In the 1880s and 1890s, he took part in debates on anti-semitism and on assimilation.

When debates polarise between techniques, the methods are often referred to by a colour code, based on the colours of the bindings of the two volumes from the first Oxford Conference, where the approaches were first distinguished.

This check on executive power can be employed through binding legislation, public debates on government policy, investigations, and direct questioning of the chancellor or cabinet officials.

" There are legitimate debates on how the powers of courts and legislatures should be balanced.

Typical of his satire and cynical humour, the book included a discourse on Parkinson's Law of Triviality ( debates about expenses for a nuclear plant, a bicycle shed, and refreshments ), a note on why driving on the left side of the road ( see road transport ) is natural, and suggested that the Royal Navy would eventually have more admirals than ships.

Frances and others have published debates on what they see as the six most essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis-are they more like theoretical constructs or more like diseases ; how to reach an agreed definition ; whether the DSM-V should take a cautious or conservative approach ; the role of practical rather than scientific considerations ; the issue of use by clinicians or researchers ; and whether an entirely different diagnostic system is required.

To avoid debates about the possibility of in-vitro fertilization, artificial insemination, or cloning, the original Darwin Awards book applied the following " deserted island " test to potential winners: If the person were unable to reproduce when stranded on a deserted island with a fertile member of the opposite sex, he or she would be considered sterile.

According to the famous Theses on Feuerbach ( 1845 ), philosophy had to stop " interpreting " the world in endless metaphysical debates, in order to start " changing " the world, as was being done by the rising workers ' movement observed by Engels in England ( Chartist movement ) and by Marx in France and Germany.

The early debates were made before the much greater calculating powers of modern computers became available but also before research on chaos theory.

Continuing debates about the nature of intelligence revolve on whether intelligence can be characterized by a single factor known as general intelligence, multiple factors ( e. g., Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences ), or whether it can be measured at all.

* 1986 – The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.

Continuous debates among scholars on methodological issues in empirical studies of the connection between economic freedom and economic growth still try to find out what is the relationship, if any.

It respects the play, but it doesn't provide any new material for arcane debates on what it all means.

Participants in debates on immigration in the early twenty-first century called for increasing enforcement of existing laws governing illegal immigration to the United States, building a barrier along some or all of the U. S .- Mexico border, or creating a new guest worker program.