Word: argument
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...ahistorical” work. In a 90-minute solo appearance at Emerson Hall, Dershowitz extended his public assault on Carter’s book “Palestine: Peace not Apartheid,” which was released in November. He criticized the book’s argument and called Carter’s writing irresponsible, saying that the situation in Israel could not be compared with state-sponsored racism in South Africa, and that blame for instability in the region rested squarely with the Palestinians. “Jimmy Carter was warned in advance that this would be misunderstood...
...unusual study published this month, researchers at Harvard Medical School have claimed that the psychiatric disorder known as dissociative amnesia, or repressed memory, is a “culture-bound syndrome,” and has no scientific basis. Their argument is based on the conclusion that no evidence for the existence of repressed memory exists in literature, fiction or non-fiction, before 1800—while other psychological disorders like epilepsy and schizophrenia have been documented since ancient times. Since the onset of their literary quest over a year ago, the researchers at Harvard-affiliated Mclean hospital have promised...
...This isn’t a college of superheroes but of everyday people. Yet Harvard students are rightfully known for putting themselves on pedestals, which moves us further away from the problems in the world that I believe we have a duty to try and solve. A never-ending argument about who deserves to be here is one of the many ways...
That, in fact, is the argument that was made regarding the hip-hop discussion when it made its rounds at Harvard last week. The popular documentary “Beyond Beats and Rhymes,” directed by up-and-coming filmmaker Byron Hurt, was shown to a packed crowd on this very campus and featured a number of the industry’s biggest names weighing in on the topic of hip-hop. Not surprisingly, we, as overzealous Harvard students, turned out in droves. But in places outside of liberal college campuses, the ‘issue?...
...propelled by rising wages and more jobs. The Conference Board's index increased to 112.5 from 110.2 last month, and the percentage of those saying jobs are hard to get fell to its lowest level since August 2001. That news seems to bolster Bernanke's upbeat view, and his argument that consumers are the ``mainstay'' of an economy heavily dependent on their spending...