Word: argument
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Indeed, the judge's characterization of Mills is, while politely couched, not flattering. To her argument that she brought substantial wealth into the marriage, Bennett points out that she inflated the value of her property (a 500,000 pound apartment, for example, really costing only 385,000 pounds - and that in the middle of a real estate boom). Nor do the facts, as Bennett sees them, support Mills' version of the romance, in which she says she helped rehabilitate a broken and importunate McCartney, mourning his late wife Linda. (For example, the formality with which the ex-Beatle loaned Mills...
...Officers noticed two individuals behaving strangely near a motor scooter at the corner of Harvard St. and Prescott St. The officers sent the individuals on his or her way. March 16 12:16 a.m.—Officers observed two individuals in a verbal argument at Pforzheimer House. One of the individuals claimed he wanted an entry fee returned. Officers told the individual that entry fees were not refundable; the individual became angry and raised his or her arms and began yelling. The individual grabbed an officer’s arm and continued yelling. The officers instructed the individual...
...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...
...little bit, you can say ‘just put this on people’s transcripts. What are you not patriotic? Do you not want to make life a little better for these people?’” Krahel said. “And that argument never stops, the next thing they’re back on campus and they have a barracks...
...play with,” he wrote. “In political life, false ideas can ruin the lives of millions, and useless ones can waste precious resources.”Coming from a man who recently moved from academia to politics, it’s an argument that can seem uncomfortably self-serving. It’s also one that makes little sense when applied to the United States’ march to war in 2002 and 2003, Walt said. “Voices challenging the decision for war were much more frequent, were much more common...