Secretary Powell's presence at the conference became a matter of a charged debate within the administration during recent months.

Boxing champion weighs into charged debate about condoms.

The charged debate over immigration since 9/11 has undoubtedly complicated the politics of devising regulations for U-visas.

In 1864, during a charged debate on Darwin's theory of evolution, Disraeli asked whether we are apes or angels.

Partisans will lament his avoidance of the charged debate over whether the oil barons and their political allies have been greedy devils or mostly instruments of market forces.

The lawsuit by the police union brings a distinctive voice to the charged debate over how the city has monitored political protest since Sept. 11.

But this has become a charged debate because it is a proxy for another more fundamental argument - whether our allies should be expected merely to accede to American policy.

But that hasn't stopped scholars from pursuing all manner of theories - or engaging in charged debate.

Alan Dershowitz opined that criticizing the Israel lobby promoted a charged debate about what constitutes antisemitic conspiracy theorizing; others differ, however.