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The Senate Democrats will set the tone of their relationship with the President next week when they decide who should become their minority leader. The battle for the job pits two members who embody different skills and priorities. Connecticut's Christopher Dodd is seen as a tough fighter and good...
Members of the audience said Roosevelt was the better debater.
The competition's fast-paced format, which follows the rules of the British Parliament, forces students to think quickly under intense pressure, said Jason Abel, a debater from Williams College.
Eisenhower and others warned Nixon not to accept Kennedy's challenge to a televised debate -- Nixon was the Vice President, after all, and far better known than the junior Senator from Massachusetts -- but Nixon took pride in his long experience as a debater. He also ignored advice to rest up...
"You make your audience think, you make them decide for themselves, make them think about issues in new ways," Levine said. "That the mark of a great debater, its the mark of Harvard debater, we always make each other think."