Word: argument
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Thanks for introducing me to the persona of financier and philanthropist George Soros [BUSINESS, Sept. 1]. How refreshing it is to read of someone of his stature who is truly committed to learning from argument and open debate and who is willing to use his power to apply new insights to some of life's more perplexing problems. JACK E. RUBEY Norcross...
...more American astronauts will be sent to Mir. But the congressman's call for a NASA boycott of the embattled space station will likely fall on deaf ears because Michael Foale is no longer in much danger, reports TIME science correspondent Jeff Kluger. "A month ago Sensenbrenner's argument was strong," Kluger says, "but after the repair it got a little weaker. As it stands now, nobody is going to opt for ending U.S. participation until they shut the thing down or there's a major accident." Given Mir's rather shaky record, the latter can never be ruled...
...fiasco only a day after the latest bombings in Jerusalem. Comparing the two events, the Chief of Staff, Lieut. General Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, reminded citizens that "battles are not tragedies. They are battles." Still, once the dead have been given their due, the calamity will serve as a powerful argument for Israelis who assert it is time to leave Lebanon. The Netanyahu administration says it will do just that if the government in Beirut will disband the militias and take responsibility for the security zone. Increasingly, Israelis are saying they cannot wait...
...Each case will be considered the normal way," he said. "The decision is made based on the quality of the argument and the actual need...
...associations present a forked argument, at once asking the Court not to consider diversity broadly while continuing to argue for diversity's benefits...