The Justices' action today brought an end to a highly visible case that helped touch off a nationwide debate over the boundaries of academic freedom.

But in the years that followed, Hafenstrasse became the focal point of increasingly bitter nationwide debate.

The measure touched off a nationwide debate on the state's role in regulating takeovers.

General Babangida opened a nationwide debate on the form the government should take once democracy was restored.

The question of whether and how former convicts should be allowed to vote has generated a growing nationwide debate in recent months.

New York's success has broad implications for the nationwide debate about allowing students to choose their school, the report says.

The execution sparked a nationwide debate on capital punishment.

This led to a nationwide debate on the future of these remnants of Jewish culture.

The battle triggered a nationwide political debate on the role of militias in the future Iraq.

The report added to a nationwide debate on education, but few of its recommendations were adopted.