21.   In theory, this numbers-crunching debate should have no effect on policy or politics.

22.   Jenkins said the debate has nothing to do with his being tested while still new on the job.

23.   Politically, the debate has all the allure of cockfighting.

24.   Regardless of how the issue is resolved, the debate already has pit health officials who oversee medical conduct against patients who say nontraditional therapies are a saving grace.

25.   Rofes and Rotello both acknowledge the debate has a long way yet to run.

26.   Scott said that he did not intend to change the target audience of the magazine and that the promiscuity debate had nothing to do with his decision.

27.   Serious policy debate may have to wait until political forces are sorted out after the election.

28.   Some people worried that the debate would have a corrosive effect on the fabric of the town.

29.   That debate had passion.

30.   The American debate has echoes now in Britain.