Word: argument
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...Department officials deny they've let North Korea off the hook. "He's just wrong," Rice sniffed in response to Bolton's criticisms. The Administration argues that their deal is much stronger than the one negotiated in '94 because it effectively isolates Kim. The Agreed Framework was bilateral, the argument goes, whereas this time North Korea's neighbors-including its closest ally and major benefactor, China-are signatories to the deal, which should force Pyongyang to keep its promises and continue to bargain in good faith. The Chinese were infuriated by Kim's October nuclear blast; President Hu Jintao...
...skills or pay for their pensions. And, if the E.U. seriously wants to achieve the Lisbon Agenda goal of becoming "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-driven economy in the world" by 2010, it will need way more highly qualified researchers than Europe's universities can turn out. The argument that immigration is to blame for the failings of multiculturalism ignores the numbers. Europe doesn't just need more immigrants; it also needs a wider variety of them...
...really admire his vision in creating a Democratic agenda based on concrete goals that would resonate with the American people,” said Tyler R. Goin ’09. “Mixed with his frankness with the issues, he really pushed his point and made his argument more convincing.” Schumer is endorsing N.Y. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton’s bid to become the first female president. “We’re breaking barriers everywhere, and it’s great,” Schumer said about the appointment of Drew Gilpin...
...obvious argument against increasing freshman party funds is that upperclassman parties where alcohol flows freely are the social foci of campus and deserve to be funded as such. What makes Harvard unique, however, is the fact that freshmen live together, eat together, and socialize together without institutionalized social structures to draw them apart. In the spirit of Harvard’s concern with class unity, it is wise to encourage freshman solidarity...
...seems plainly wrong. The IG concludes that Feith's office, on a free-lance basis, made claims "that were inconsistent with the consensus of the intelligence community." The report said that Feith's shop exaggerated the purported links between Saddam Hussein's government and al-Qaeda. "That was the argument that was used to make the sale to the American people about the need to go to war," said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the armed services committee. He said the Feith's work, "which was wrong, which was distorted, which was inappropriate ... is something which is highly...