Word: argument
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guilty of sexual harassment because he accepted rejection--and that's what counts. But if a woman comes out of the woodwork tomorrow, alleging that Clinton was inappropriate to her more than once, a) no one will be surprised and b) this part of Steinem's argument will become useless...
...Steinem also makes a more convincing argument, although one that it is considerably harder to accept--at least for the young, inexperienced and idealistic--and one that she therefore spends less time developing. The real crux of Steinem's argument and the only persuasive aspect of it is simply an echo of the message of Jack Stanton: you've got to be a whore in order to change the world...
...they don't have to prove Jones suffered tangible damages to prevail--they could conceivably persuade a jury that Clinton created an environment in which women were rewarded for kissing and not telling, and that Jones suffered for not playing along. And they might have to make such an argument because the claim that Jones suffered psychological and economic harm from her encounter with Clinton remains the weakest part of her case...
...stories. Lisa has followed the perennial piece of advice to "write what you know," but Ruth thinks that Lisa has taken this too literally by exploiting the story of her past. Although the rift in their relationship can be contemplated as an ethical dilemma, Margulies makes a stronger argument for the inevitability of literary inheritance. In the end, the play is less about moral principles than about the power of the written word--to bring people together, to unearth hidden stories, and, sometimes, to divide...
...face of the Hopwood evidence (or King's article), intellectuals no longer defend affirmative action and persecute the likes of Graglia by contending that affirmative action is merely a "plus factor." Instead, they claim that affirmative action is necessary to achieve diversity. That argument, they think, arrests any opposition. Who, after all, will deny the value of diversity...