Word: argument
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fact that 14,000 college men are presumably trying out the new creations for themselves is a strong argument against the assertion that inebriation rather than gustatory pleasure is the prime object of their libations. --Boston Transcript...
...bookmen's contention cannot be accepted as quite altruistic, since the guilds against which they speak undoubtedly remove a certain number of persons who would otherwise buy at their local bookstore. Still, the fundamental argument, that of overemphasis on certain books at the expense of others, is correct. Advertising never improves the quality of the book however much it may affect the sales. And some irreconcilables will always be prejudiced by the fact that a jury has foreordained the success of a novel. The best reason for the maintenance of these book societies is that up to this time...
...first novel, it is distinctly commendable. The young lady knows whereof she writes, on both sides of the argument, and she writes with the vivacity and warmth of Irish blood reared "down South." None knows better than she the tragedy of good taste ruined by poor execution. She has labored over her execution until it is deft and capable except for the first-novelist's last fault, propping the characters up and making them expound the argument sometimes...
...have called Romance, they revile and belittle and finally pity it. They send Siercy away in shabby disgrace and exalt dull William Henry into a nobly understanding husband who mutters modestly about his part in the Great War. It is anything but fair, yet it builds into a formidable argument for the Grundies, the defeatists...
...Malthusian leaders give six reasons to justify the doctrine. I will give as briefly as possible an argument or two under each heading, relying chiefly upon quotations from eminent authorities...