Word: argument
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...reduced some crime rates but has also given the U.S. the world's highest incarceration rate. Bush had championed the often rough boot camps for juvenile delinquents; but after Anderson's death, Florida's conservative legislature voted to abolish them. And it's beginning to listen to McDonough's argument that lowering recidivism will save the state the hundreds of millions of dollars it's spending these days on new prisons...
...harvest is only the beginning. "We are tired of being hungry. We view the government as an enemy and from now on we are going to grow hashish and we don't care what the government says or tries to do," said Ahmad, a hashish farmer. It is an argument that fails to win the sympathy of Lebanon's drug police. "Does poverty in Lebanon only exist in the Bekaa?" asks Colonel Machmouchi. "No, but it's the only area growing hashish." The problem, he added, is that the farmers of the Bekaa are so accustomed to growing hashish that...
...minor issue is not worth the disrespectful image of Harvard students that was projected during the ceremony. Even worse, all of the Harvard alumni and representatives from other universities have no background in the disagreements between University Hall and the UC, and were thrown in the middle of an argument over a minor issue that does not display the students here in the best light. Our student representatives should learn that moaning about denial of citizenship during an event meant to honor President Faust at what is arguably the most privileged university in the world is unbecoming...
...Such a core, through its structure and content, cultivates, among other things, the virtues of accurate reading and informed argument. These virtues transcend partisan differences and will serve students well not only inside and out of the classroom but in life beyond the campus...
...blocking reproduction at every place that it might happen,” Seltzer said. “Regulation can’t tell the difference between academic, creative sharing, and file-sharing to get around purchasing,” she added. Green was quick to respond to the argument that regulation impinges on academic freedom. “I can see I’m being set up as the fall guy here,” Green said. “We lose 44 percent of what we lose through piracy on college campuses. There is no academic freedom...