It is a long historic debate in many cultures whether the elder in itself denotes the role and status of a teacher.

This historic debate took place in June 1988.

It was the Senate's first all-nighter in a decade and bore some features of the historic debates of years past.

Think of the historic debates that we now know could have been finished off in minutes instead of months.

There is considerable historic debate as to how slaves were actually treated on the large sugarcane estates.

The historic debate continues to have modern parallels, however.

British tactics in the battle have been a subject of contemporary and historic debate.

The Senate today began what all sides hailed as a historic debate on legislation to add prescription drug benefits to Medicare.

Congress will have an important debate, a meaningful debate, an historic debate.

Mr President, I am glad to have the opportunity to speak in this historic debate.