deliberation
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It focused on free speech, calling for “rigorous deliberation and engaged discourse” and arguing that difficult conversations should be “a feature, not a bug” of university life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
“Ladies and gentlemen, after much deliberation and sadness, I have to announce next year will be my last tour ever, ever, ever,” Stewart said in a video posted Monday to Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
“UC’s current test-free policy followed years of faculty review, regents’ deliberation, legal developments and pandemic-related access concerns,” a UC spokesperson said Wednesday, adding that the review now underway is “expedited” and “evidence-based.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The panel has twice previously sent the judge notes saying it could not come to a unanimous decision, but Thursday was the first hint of rancour in the deliberation room.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
I think that he wants to defy them, too, with this deliberation, each of his steps a careful word to break down the ready meter they have built, each halting a kind of instant deliverance.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
One person familiar with the deliberations said that U.S. officials had considered backing an idea for publicly held American oil companies like Chevron, Exxon and Conoco to carve up and rehabilitate Venezuela’s aging oil sector.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
The most direct and obvious concern is the potential for jurors to bet on their own deliberations, creating financial incentives to reach particular outcomes, no matter the facts of the case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
In Ansolabehere’s memory, Bartlett’s then-wife, Lisa, overheard the writers’ deliberations and casually suggested, “Maybe she’s in love with Arnold.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Following a week of deliberations earlier this month, a Massachusetts jury told Sullivan they could not reach a verdict because of a lone holdout juror and a mistrial was declared on 4 September.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Studies have shown that racial schemas operate not only as part of conscious, rational deliberations, but also automatically—without conscious awareness or intent.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Hamilton
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The Federalist Papers, No. 1 by Alexander Hamilton
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