Word: argument
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...true we're making the argument to everyone, but it's far in the future," he said. "We are just one entity among many who want to express an interest in the future development of the river site...
This totally hot guy in my Philosophy tutorial was talking about the categorical imperative and why Kant was wrong to propose its unconditional supremacy over the hypothetical imperative. He attacked the premise of autonomous will in an argument by reductio ad absurdum, taking it to the Objectionist extreme as put forth by Ayn Rand. I was all, like, impressed, and wanted to show him that I was smart too, so I was about to bring up the need for primary AND secondary laws in a society--and then I farted. Everyone heard me, even the proseminar on Hegel next door...
...services at UHS evoke the intense moral argument surrounding abortion subsidies. For those who are pro-choice, this is a legal right and a medical treatment that falls under the collective services provided by UHS. Allowing refunds for this procedure sets a dangerous precedent for moral dissenters to demand tailor-made exemptions for any and every kind of concern. Ultimately, they argue, it would give more vocal groups control of community resources by virtue of their greater volume...
...Bill of Rights, since this is an inherently reactionary form, one that tends to favor a muscular approach to crisis management over more reasoned ones, if only because there is more visceral drama to be found at the end of a pointed pistol than in a pointed argument...
...strongest argument that Clinton and the other Democrats could use to fend off another probe is that their lawyers were involved in every step of the $42 million ad campaign. The independent-counsel law allows Reno to stand down if there is "clear and convincing evidence" that no wrongdoing was intended, and reliance on the advice of counsel goes a long way toward meeting that standard. Ironically, former Clinton adviser DICK MORRIS, whose descriptions of Clinton's helping to craft the ads got the President in hot water to begin with, could be the Democrats' best witness. According to Morris...