Word: argument
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...will FAIR’s lead lawyer, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, present the Harvard professors’ argument...
...defying the hip image conveyed by the young red-shirted man who poses with outstretched arms on the cover. I admit, I found myself feeling as though I were reading an overlong introduction to an Expos 20 paper. Indeed, I wondered when Shelby would move beyond setting up his argument and actually advance it by adding a new dimension to the historical facts...
...Shelby’s organized and thoughtful argument in “We Who Are Dark” that compels readers to reexamine the condition of an America where overt racial injustice has been eradicated and veiled racial injustices abound. While the book is about the evolving status of black solidarity in America, it also opens the channels for discussion about the important role that racism plays in the lives of all Americans—not just blacks...
...therefore, not needed. They do, indeed, make a strong case: users of the library project will only be able to see snippets of books under copyright, and the works will be displayed with links to booksellers where they can be purchased. Then there’s the dangerously compelling argument that the project, by disseminating literature to people and places that would otherwise not have access to it, a greater human interest is served...
When it comes to the argument for the dissemination of information, it’s very easy to fall into excessively idealism. In reality, the library project doesn’t seek to make the vast majority of recent academic work (journal articles and the like) available, probably because most scholarly journals already digitize their content—with their authors’ consent. And as for the great classics of world literature? Most of those are already in the public domain and wouldn’t require a publisher’s permission anyway...