Word: topical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before refusing the tenants' request, the council debated for more than three hours the issue of condominium conversion which has livided members sharply during the past several years and which has been the most hotly discussed topic in this year's campaign...
...minority students and the constitution committee met Monday in an open meeting to discuss the same topic, but no decisions were reached...
...type of debate which emphasizes creativity, wit, humor, analysis, and persuasion." Rozinski said yesterday, adding the society is an alternative to the more formal single-topic format of the Harvard Debate Council...
...extemporaneous debate tournaments, the teams, comprised of two people, have only 15 minutes to prepare a speech on a given subject. Topic debating, the more traditional format at Harvard, emphasizes exhaustive research; only one resolution is debated all year...
This week Nova opened its ninth season with the now familiar topic Computers, Spies and Private Lives. The show's strength came not from its focus but its footwork and such Orwellian touches as the telephone confrontation between a debtor and a mechanized collection agent: "Speak to me. Your response or lack of it will become a permanent part of your record." Next week's show, a more traditional piece on modern efforts to crack the secrets of the great fiddle makers, manages to scoop Scientific American, whose October cover story on the acoustics of violins misses much...