• Robust debate, perhaps, but that is very far from unknown in the Commons.

    BBC: Strong language peppers debate

  • There was a fairly robust debate on the number of resources that would be needed to undertake what was being undertaken.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • And so obviously over the long term a system that allows for robust debate and exchange of ideas is going to produce a better result.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Takes Questions from Senate Democrats

  • Economics graduate Naoise Nunn recognised a public need to rip up the "cosy consensus" of the status quo and offer Dubliners some robust debate to sink their teeth into.

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  • Without robust debate, leadership teams can easily become rubber stamp forums for the most powerful people, which can cause organizations to go down paths without full consideration of the consequences.

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  • Sensing the winds of change in the region, the Obama administration has been engaged in a robust debate over the past few months about whether to elevate the issue of reform.

    CNN: The Sweep: The risk of democracy in the Middle East

  • So I don't think the choice could become any more crystal clear between Barack Obama and John McCain, and as Sara said we will have a full robust debate over the coming months.

    NPR: Obama Re-Writes History, Clinches Party Nomination

  • While I have yet to digest all of the dozen or so essays, I suspect they are only the opening salvo in what is will soon become a robust debate about the significance of uncertainty in climate-change science.

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  • Secretary ROBERT GATES (Department of Defense): As a truism from the beginning of time and the time the first Neanderthal picked up a club, you try to see whether your enemies are divided or not, all I would say is that history is littered with examples of people who underestimated robust debate in Washington, D.

    NPR: Debate on Iraq Doesn't Hurt Morale, Leaders Say

  • The Congress had a very robust, very thorough debate about what the structure should look like.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • But as the research into the biomechanics of pitching has evolved, the debate has grown more robust, and more perplexing.

    FORBES: Kid Pitching Studies Throw Youth Sports a Curveball

  • This could be a pretty robust process, given the kicking given to the bill in the Second Reading Debate on 7 June, when some peers clearly thought the bill didn't go far enough in promoting local power while others feared a massive infringement over property rights.

    BBC: Viewing guide: The week ahead in Parliament

  • It also provides a robust legal basis for one of the most important issues that is central to the debate ahead of the referendum - namely that in the event of independence the UK would be the continuing state and Scotland would have to form a new state.

    BBC: Scotland politics

  • "Kuwait has a long-standing proud tradition of open debate and free speech with free, transparent and inclusive elections and the most robust parliament in the region, " the ministry said in a statement Tuesday.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The debate over the economics of warming is, if such a thing were possible, even more robust than the one over the science.

    ECONOMIST: The debate over global warming is getting rancorous

  • Chart Analysis : There has been much debate over the past few months about the health of the consumer, as well as how robust a Christmas season one should expect.

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