Word: argument
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...like sex," "hottest smart girls in Hollywood" and "reasons why you should not stop posting Top 10 lists," from Cornwallseo.com a website about maximizing website traffic. Lists are inherently bloggy. They're bite-size, they're opinionated, and they're a guaranteed spur to conversation, which is to say argument. But hey, clicks are clicks...
...it’s not a word that’s hip, and then a word that’s word that’s hip, and then a word that’s hop. It’s only ever said together. I think that the argument of separating it out is one that doesn’t recognize it as a thing that’s called “Hiphop.” It’s not a hyphenated thing, it’s not two different things, it’s one thing. I often...
...Edwards was scheduled to deliver one last big speech before the caucuses. It would be his closing argument to persuade voters to take a chance on a sunny former trial lawyer whose political experience consisted of one run for office. That used to be his specialty, charming and winning over skeptical juries to side with his clients on case after case in North Carolina. But for all Edwards' gifts with language, for all his skill at speaking on behalf of the ordinary men, women and children he had represented in the courtroom, he was strangely at a loss when...
...Americas" speech turned out to be not a closing argument but an opening one. It developed the rationale that Edwards' candidacy had been lacking, one that couldn't be found in the 60-page booklet of plans and proposals that he had put out as a counterargument to his lack of experience. The Des Moines Register cited the speech in its surprise endorsement of Edwards on Jan. 11: "John Edwards is one of those rare, naturally gifted politicians who doesn't need a long record of public service to inspire confidence in his abilities. His life has been...
...substance, now it's my job to assure that [voters] know exactly what I want to do as President, which is what I was doing in the last three weeks last time." In other words, the moment has arrived once again. It's time to make another closing argument...