11.   But the problems downtown faces today are also shaping the debate over what Lower Manhattan should look like in the future.

12.   Critics cite the power of the media companies themselves to shape public debate on the issue, largely by ignoring it.

13.   Geoffrey Garin, a Democratic pollster, argued that shaping that debate was the political challenge of the next two years.

14.   If Clinton is unable to shape the debate, prospects for certain industries may brighten, Gabriel said.

15.   Its decision, however, will shape the debate over health care reform well into the next century.

16.   Kraft, the man without champions, has also been the man without a strategy to effectively shape that debate.

17.   Lobbying also helps shape the debate.

18.   Observers expect the dispute to shape the debate over who controls content on the global Internet, and how.

19.   Rather than seeing scholars shaping public debate, Walter Brueggemann, professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, believes that public issues help shape research.

20.   Several weapons builders have financed research centers and used them to shape the debate.