Word: argument
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...resolution reads: "Resolved, That Prime Minister Briand's proposal to the United States Government to out-law war should be accepted". The preliminaries for the argument will be held February 17 in Sever 36, and the finals for the contests will take place March 1, possibly in Paine Hall...
...year. The list of tax-exempt property has now 34 classifications, seven times as many as there were a century ago. Mrs. MacFadden devotes her book largely to tabulations and statistics, which are in themselves very eloquent, and devotes very few of her 300 pages to argument or appeal. She believes that churches should pay taxes upon all land and buildings not used as places of worship, and that colleges should pay taxes upon their real estate, especially upon dormitories used for the housing of students, many of whom come from outside the state. For example, 90 per cent...
...misleading, it must be admitted that his theses are never anything but plausible. The best traditions of English letters seem to present to him an endless and enchanting vista of abstract crockery to be broken with loud pagan snorts and bellows, and while he not infrequently builds an elaborate argument of disproof where a simple "What of it?" would suffice, there is always that much more amusement for the occupants of the ringside seats...
Four points were considered as the basis of the decision. The preparation of the brief, the authorities quoted in the brief, the ability to answer the questions, and the presentation of the argument...
After selecting which side he wishes to uphold, and what particular aspect of the question interests him most, the candidate will then prepare his brief, and will have a series of individual conferences with the coach to assemble his argument...