11.   The death of Davy Crockett, for example, has been debated by historians almost since the day the defenders died.

12.   The Smithsonian exhibition as originally planned raised the question of whether the decision to drop the bomb was correct, a subject historians have debated with considerable vigor.

13.   Years hence, historians will no doubt debate whose era this was.

14.   A half century later, historians still debate whether it was even necessary.

15.   But if Charles de Gaulle chiseled his name forever into the annals of France, historians will debate endlessly over the legacy of Francois Mitterrand.

16.   Historians have long debated the role of Church figures during the war in resisting the Nazis, cooperating with Fascism and protecting Jews.