1.   But it was a long gestation, and a fierce debate still simmers about when and where the birth actually took place.

2.   Debate is simmering in France over just how much trouble the three-star restaurants are in.

3.   Now debate simmers over how consumers will fare.

4.   The debate has simmered for years and is heating up in Georgia and other states with booming Latino populations.

5.   The labor debate is also simmering.

6.   Though the end of federal controls is near, the debate simmers over how consumers will fare.

7.   Meanwhile, debate simmers over differing perceptions of democracy and human rights, encapsulated last year by the caning of American Michael Fay for spraying graffiti in Singapore.