Word: argument
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...July 2009, right in the teeth of the biggest business story to come along in decades. The economy dominates the front page - that is, after a mandatory splash of Michael Jackson. There is more interest, argument and passion surrounding the condition and future of American business than there has been in several generations. And yet, in the space of three months, two business magazines - the organs that exist to offer the stuff people are clamoring for - have been abandoned. One, Portfolio, a newbie, was closed. The other, Business Week, an old stalwart, is up for sale, according to reports that...
...first one, then a second marriage ended in divorce. (He was married a third time, happily and permanently, in 1994.) He left the Catholic Church too, and the split was not amicable. "I was so angry for so long, I could hardly have a conversation without getting into an argument," he said. "It was only when I felt I could finally distance myself from my past that I began to write about what happened...
...book, Seeds of Terror, journalist Gretchen Peters makes the compelling argument that the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan have evolved (or devolved) from purely religious terrorist groups into narcoterrorism syndicates with religious overtones. The drug trade nets them $500 million a year in profits, resources the militants use in their fight against Western forces. Until that supply of cash is cut off, Peters argues, Western forces cannot defeat the militants...
...What about her outfit on Inauguration Day? There was an argument in our office about whether that was yellow or green. The argument ensued for a while. The designer is calling it lemongrass, which I think is a chic way of saying in between yellow and green. It was layered, it was textural, it was chic. It looked beautiful on her. It photographed well. But that's an off-color. Not many people wear that color. (See pictures of Barack Obama behind the scenes on Inauguration...
...When you look at [HMS's primary care initiatives] as a whole, at the big picture, you can't make the argument that funding has decreased for primary care training at HMS," Tarbell said, adding that the school is expanding its funding this year for a required third-year medical clerkship from $600,000 to $800,000. Tarbell and Dienstag said that the number of people taking the clerkship, which lasts for eight months and provides students with one-on-one faculty interaction in treating patients, would be increasing by 20 percent this year...