"It would serve as a national model and encourage thoughtful debate about the nature of your proposal."

A frank and thoughtful public debate about the social and economic dimensions of parenting-that we could use.

It did so after months of thoughtful debate and through a bipartisan compromise, a creature that many thought had vanished from Capitol Hill.

This is not a formula for thoughtful debate.

There should be a serious, thoughtful debate.

Mr. Clinton's fellow Democrats did the country a valuable service last week by initiating a thoughtful debate about the President's behavior.

"Americans deserve a more thoughtful and sincere debate between the parties."

Evidently, our preservation policy now favors simplistic rules over thoughtful debate on the city's architectural heritage.

Clearly, thoughtful debate is needed on this issue; however, it is unlikely that "Backfire" will help to generate it.

"She won a wide audience by initiating a thoughtful debate of issues on the air before it became commonplace."