Word: argument
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gurian, no matter what one believes about nature vs. nurture, it's hard to argue against the common-sense view that spending time with worthy male mentors is a good thing. But his eerie near dismissal of mothers gets in the way of his often sensible argument and devolves on occasion into a paranoia about a world dominated by manipulative women. He calls Gloria Steinem a "victim" feminist. Women, he says, do not see "how neglected their emotionally disadvantaged adolescent sons feel" as a result of women's lack of interest "in male biology and thus its forgetfulness...
Sure, Gurian says, boys can't process emotional trauma as well as girls can, and without proper guidance can go haywire. And Pollack, as expected, says misdirected rage is a response to emotional repression and to society's message that anger is an acceptable male emotion. The latter argument--like Pollack's overall idea--seems more expansive and more convincing. But either way, we clearly ought to be paying more attention...
...matter of not angering its biggest customer. For the Pentagon, halting the shrinkage of its stable of weapons suppliers was more than an economic decision. In the defense industry, decreased competition means not just potentially higher prices but potentially lost lives. Bet Joel Klein wishes he could use that argument against Microsoft...
...have a signature event," Rod is saying as he serves up drinks at the Rock Creek Lodge, a joint that has billiard tables, slot machines and a 5-ft.-tall wooden bull. It is the kind of place where you might expect to see Harry Dean Stanton in an argument with Marjoe Gortner over an eight-ball combination, a knife fight breaks out, and no one remembers either the assailants or the victims as quiet and normal. "I don't care if it's maggot races," Lincoln says. "You have to have something...
Managed-care executives concede privately that this is a difficult argument to make when Americans have at least 10 years of nerve-racking experiences with managed care. But that doesn't mean the industry doesn't have some important and powerful friends. Says an executive: "We want to create an environment where the inside game is hell." When Republican Ray LaHood signed onto one of the managed-care reform bills, two executives of Caterpillar, his district's largest employer, quickly flew to Washington to register their unhappiness with him. Small-business owners--the operators of hardware stores, real estate agencies...