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  2. Glossary of policy debate terms - Wikipedia

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    At the college level, a number of topics are proposed and interested parties write 'topic papers' discussing the pros and cons of that individual topic. Once a topic is chosen, it is debated by affiliated students nationally for the entire season. The resolution typically is related to a course of policy pursued by the federal government.

  3. Representative democracy - Wikipedia

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    Representative democracy, electoral democracy or indirect democracy is a type of democracy where representatives are elected by the public. [ 1 ] Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of representative democracy: for example, the United Kingdom (a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy), Germany (a federal ...

  4. Joint bank accounts: The pros and cons for every stage of life

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    It's easier to manage bills. With a joint account, it's simpler to pay shared expenses like your mortgage, utilities and groceries. You don't have to figure out who owes what or transfer money ...

  5. Decision-making - Wikipedia

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    List pros and cons of each alternative. Make the decision. Immediately take action to implement it. Learn from and reflect on the decision. In 2008, Kristina Guo published the DECIDE model of decision-making, which has six parts: [49] Define the problem; Establish or Enumerate all the criteria (constraints) Consider or Collect all the alternatives

  6. Nuclear power debate - Wikipedia

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    Stewart Brand at a 2010 debate, "Does the world need nuclear energy?" [31]At the 1963 ground-breaking for what would become the world's largest nuclear power plant, President John F. Kennedy declared that nuclear power was a "step on the long road to peace," and that by using "science and technology to achieve significant breakthroughs" that we could "conserve the resources" to leave the world ...

  7. Grammar - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, grammar is the set of rules for how a natural language is structured, as demonstrated by its speakers or writers. Grammar rules may concern the use of clauses, phrases, and words. The term may also refer to the study of such rules, a subject that includes phonology, morphology, and syntax, together with phonetics, semantics, and ...

  8. Decisional balance sheet - Wikipedia

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    Decisional balance sheet. A decisional balance sheet or decision balance sheet is a tabular method for representing the pros and cons of different choices and for helping someone decide what to do in a certain circumstance. It is often used in working with ambivalence in people who are engaged in behaviours that are harmful to their health (for ...

  9. 2024 Conservative Party leadership election - Wikipedia

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    The 2024 Conservative Party leadership election was announced on 5 July 2024 when then- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declared his intention to resign as Conservative Party leader following the party's defeat at the 2024 general election. The leadership race commenced on 24 July and is expected to last for over three months, with Rishi Sunak's ...