51.   In a region where a fierce debate still rages between proponents of democracy and those who prefer authoritarian government, Thailand is the latest test case.

52.   In a fierce debate that has swirled through academic journals and acid e-mail exchanges, the naysayers seem to have triumphed.

53.   In disclosing the measures, Pataki was fleshing out a plan that has stirred fierce debate around the state in the days since its outlines first became known.

54.   It recounts how he spent six months in Zaitun and became embroiled in Chinese political debates so fierce he had to flee for his life.

55.   Its health danger remains a matter of fierce debate.

56.   Many analysts foresaw fierce debate inside the Bush administration on where to exert pressure next, and on what issues.

57.   Negotiators said they spent hours in fierce debate over a proposal to ban from welfare for life anyone convicted of a felony drug charge in the future.

58.   Not according to a pair of Danish researchers who have started a fierce debate suggesting that cancer screening could do more harm than good.

59.   On Saturday, Mahmoud Rashid Fayed walks through his home in the Jenin camp that was razed during the fighting that is the subject of a fierce debate.

60.   Over the past five years, scholars have published more than two dozen books and scores of footnoted articles, initiating a fierce debate over the Risen Jesus.