Douglas agreed. There were seven debates in all.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

He explained his position many times in speeches,debates and letters, including this one written in eighteen fifty-eight: I have made it equally plain that I think the negro is included in the word "men" used in the Declaration of Independence.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

(Speaking in French) Still, the controversy has not stopped French from attending debates taking place in government buildings across the country.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

"At some level,debates like this never really end. Like,there are still people who believe that fluoride in water is a government plot."

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

But their presence has nonetheless triggered one of France's hottest debates in recent years.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

The televised leader debates - the first in British election history - haven't helped.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

Sotomayor spent years as a federal judge before her Supreme Court appointment, and legal analysts expect her to be an active advocate in the court's oral and written debates.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

Referring to what he called vigorous debates in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

"But what we showed here is that we can make progress when we are willing to break free from some of the stale debates and old ideologies that have dominated and distorted the debate in this hemisphere for far too long,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

"I think that there will be a refocusing of how the UK can operate within Pakistan and Afghanistan, but also there will be some serious questions about whether or not the UK can maintain this expeditionary role" TV debates, a first in British politics, have thrust the outsider Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats into the role of kingmaker in a close election.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30