Word: argument
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...Although Sarkozy faced heated criticism in July for embracing Assad - who is denounced by human rights activists and widely accused of orchestrating the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri - the French President has defended the move as realpolitik designed to turn an enemy into an ally. That argument will now be put to the test...
...buying local touted by the sustainable food movement? I just don't think it's realistic. We should be eating as locally and seasonally as possible - no argument there. But someone who says we should eat only foods from within 100 miles - that's stupid. I don't want asparagus from Peru in December; I want collard greens from North Carolina because I consider that local. It can be better without us being extreme in our demands...
...expounded on his argument in the book “The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order,” which has been translated into 39 languages...
...borrowers were getting crowded out? In a rebuttal to the Scharfstein paper, Chari and his co-authors wrote that they hadn't seen any data showing that banks weren't lending to credit-worthy companies asking for loans simply because certain firms were tapping pre-existing credit lines. "The argument is if you're a new customer walking into a bank, it's impossible for you to get a loan," says Chari. "That story may be true, but there's no convincing evidence that's what's going...
...rights cannot be taken away by the majority, absent special circumstances. "The Declaration of rights in Article I gives certain rights a privileged status," Brown told TIME. "Those rights, including the right to marry, are in a unique position. And while we cite no precise precedent saying so, our argument does follow from that position, and from the logic of the marriage case itself...