Word: argument
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...would make the argument, yes, that it is. Robin Dunbar wrote the book Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, about how important it was in human evolution to be able to increase group size beyond small bands of related people, important for defense. That defense was originally against predatory animals, then a growing need to defend against other primates and finally against other humans. That may well have selected for humans who had these skills and talents. Evolutionary biologists always beat their heads up against these things. Why do people do things like music? Why do they dance? These...
...Palestinian leader - elected in a race that could hardly be described as competitive - was an incorrigible autocrat, who had accumulated massive amounts of political and financial power in his own hands, bypassing the elected legislature and democratic institutions. He was running the Palestinian Authority as his personal fiefdom, the argument went, stoking militancy and blocking the emergence of a moderate consensus through his political control...
JESSICA SIMPSON got so flustered at the Kennedy Center Honors as she was singing 9 to 5 to Dolly Parton that she stopped midway and fled the stage--hardly an argument for women in the workforce...
...Asian captain of industry. For he is of course both - and neither. Mittal is an exemplar of a new type of business leader. "Your identity is your company," says Mittal. "I have a global company, so I have a global identity." In 2007, expect more to make the same argument...
...Within his commentary, Dobson directly attributes some of the points of his argument to prominent psychologist and social researcher Dr. Carol Gilligan. However, when asked about his use of her research, Dr. Gilligan stated emphatically that its inclusion constitutes "a complete distortion of my work" and went on to say that there is nothing in her research that would support Dobson's stated conclusions...