A debate preceded his resignation over his wages as a national coach.

Tonight's debate, five weeks before the election, preceded by one week the first of three debates between Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates.

Douglass was a prominent spokesperson for multiracial issues during the debates preceding Census 2000.

In the debate preceding the vote, legislators opposed to the increase said that the county should consider deeper program cuts and laying off workers first.

By agreement, no debate preceded the vote, and the resolution did not name Mr. McGeehan, whose censure had been demanded by some members.

Technical as these changes may be, arduous legislative debate preceded them.

The same debate had preceded the hemp planting.

Its success in doing so meant that "no national debate preceded the Iraq war of a quality and seriousness that preceded most wars in American history."

During the debates preceding Confederation, Reesor supported an elected Senate.

Considerable public debate preceded construction of the Westmorland Street Bridge in both municipal and provincial politics.