Word: argument
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...these clips is the word abortion used,” says panelist Shauna L. Shames ’01, a graduate student in government. “It’s good to be pro-choice, but bad to be for abortion,” But this semantic Hollywood argument disregards the importance of debate all-together, using a partisan issue to benefit a politically-correct weakling of a film industry. “Babies and pregnancy and getting together with a guy are what make a happy ending to a story,” audience member Amanda L. Shapiro...
...state by a majority of 58 percent. Harvard Law School professor Mark V. Tushnet said he thought the court’s decision was “not surprising” due to the claims present in the lawsuit. “One of the lines of argument that the challengers presented was that affirmative action had to be among the policy options of the government,” he said. “However, there is nothing in the law to that effect.” But Black Men’s Forum President Ralph L. Bouquet...
...June of 2002, the summer of 2002, this argument is over within the administration,” Allison said. “They’ve decided they’re going to Iraq...
...Supreme Court has stood apart from the debate raging over gun control. It hasn't ruled on the Second Amendment since May 1939 - almost four months before the Nazis rolled into Poland. But on Tuesday the Court injected itself into the center of a fiery dispute, hearing arguments in a gun control case that marks the amendment's greatest test since it was ratified in 1791. During the argument, a majority of justices appeared to signal that the right to bear arms extends to ordinary Americans, a belief that could redraw the lines of this contentious cultural battle...
...contests left on the nominating calendar, Clinton needs all the opportunities she can get to pick up delegates, and thus she has supported either counting the initial results or, alternatively, holding new votes. She is also hoping that her clean wins in the two important states would buttress her argument that her victories over Obama in most of the nation's largest states suggests she would be a stronger opponent against the Republicans' presumed nominee, Arizona Senator John McCain...