But it is also necessary to move beyond debate and create the clarity that is the basis for action.
"It is beyond debate that slavery has caused tremendous suffering and ineliminable scars throughout our nation's history, " Judge Charles R Norgle said in his ruling.
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Protecting victims of domestic violence, an issue that has always enjoyed bipartisan support and should be well beyond debate, has become the center of one in Congress.
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Next time I hope The Economist will move beyond the growth debate to underline this point.
We have to move the conversation about teacher quality forward, beyond a narrow debate over merit pay and job protection, to one focused more broadly on how to insure that teachers receive adequate support and training to meet the academic needs of their students and to ascertain their effectiveness in the classroom.
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But it should be beyond doubt that more, and more detailed, comparisons of this sort are the way to advance the debate on education beyond tiresome quarrels over how much governments should be spending.
But scientists in recent years have detected DNA from Asian carp in waterways beyond the barrier, sparking debate over its effectiveness.
With even some NRA supporters asking why law-abiding hunters need automatic rifles with high-capacity magazines, it's time for a nuanced debate that goes beyond the usual finger-pointing.
But beyond this there is a serious debate over how much reform the Netherlands needs.
If LSU loses, however, especially by a tiger's toe, one can expect a debate to rage far beyond the bayou.
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"There is a lot of work on the beneficial effects of visiting natural environments, but our findings suggest it is time to move beyond a simple urban versus rural debate and start looking at the effect that different natural environments have on people's health and well-being, " said Dr White.
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Effectively addressing the complex challenges of cyber security in a globalized world demand that the public debate about cyber security move beyond such framings.
And at least prior to that, even as we acknowledge that we will debate some of these issues beyond the election, we can take action immediately to pass the tax cuts for 98 percent of the American people that would go a significant distance down the road towards addressing the fiscal cliff.
As the debate intensifies there may be a push beyond token female representation.
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Like Lincoln, he can urge the nation to move beyond the discord and division that have characterized political debate in the past four years.
We must move beyond the divisive and extraneous issues that currently define public debate.
Any bill which goes beyond that would go too far in chilling important public debate and therefore should be rejected.
Committee members, whilst discussing the future of European funding, have considered the wider debate about the EU budget for 2014 and beyond.
Certainly, these are questions that go well beyond the question of youth sports, what with the whole debate about whether a growing income gap is good for America itself.
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More disturbing still, the standard of debate about tax reform, even among Republicans, has barely gone beyond slogans.
Paul, a Kentucky Republican, is insisting the Senate debate the measure for a full 30 hours, which would extend beyond the midnight expiration.
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But it has the potential to alter the dynamics of public debate, and the interaction between politics, media and the public, beyond recognition.
Far from being a voice of orthodoxy, Mr Schneider encouraged debate, and doubts, on subjects that some of his colleagues thought beyond the pale.
Stonewall said he was given the title because he went "well beyond what any normal person would call a decent level of public discourse" in the debate.
This debate is really about a broader question: how much do leaders owe voters, beyond their best political judgment?
If we look beyond that to other stations as well, is there a variety of points of view and political debate being presented?
Beyond the placid old Amsterdam canals, the bustling bike lanes and the quaint tulip fields, roils a furious debate about the future of the Netherlands.
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