11.   But the debate is taking on more of a partisan cast than seemed likely just a month ago.

12.   But the issue for writers is generally different, and the legal debate has taken a different form.

13.   But the opening debate took longer than the Republican majority had planned, as some senators cautioned against hasty votes on something they did not yet fully understand.

14.   But that debate took a back seat after the blast that destroyed the Jerusalem branch of Sbarro, a company based in Melville, N.Y.

15.   But the two camps have quarreled over details, and no debate has taken place.

16.   But the GSP debate is now taking place in a radically changed context.

17.   First, the real debate only took place inside high-level Mexican governmental and business circles.

18.   For much of the day, the debate took on a surreal quality because of the tactics the Republicans used to try to defeat the bill.

19.   Gore and Bush say they expect that debates will take place.

20.   Her book is a springboard for further discussion, and bumps up the intellectual level on which debate will take place.