Word: argumentation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were certainly not having any argument about ROTC on campus," says Sturgis, laughing. "It wasn't as though the military was an issue. There was no discussion over whether it was a good thing or not. It was clearly a fact of life...
There is little need to extol the virtues of a liberal arts education, especially to a Harvard audience. Its benefits include the ability to formulate a cogent argument, to understand the history of society and current events, to realize connections among different fields and disciplines and--most importantly--to write well. I admit that Harvard is not fulfilling all of those ideals. Its Core curriculum, currently under scrutiny by a faculty-student committee, does not even include a survey class on Western civilization because of a bureaucratic runaround last year. Its Expository Writing program does not necessarily teach students...
...they threaten the viability of the Administration's policy of cooperation and engagement with Beijing. President Clinton last week proposed an extension of China's most-favored-nation (MFN) trading status for another year. Congress will soon take up the issue in what is expected to be an emotional argument about trade versus morality and whether Clinton is now "coddling dictators," the charge he made against George Bush. The fight over China policy is sure to go on into the fall and become a talking point in the presidential campaign...
...services system, outraged parents and community leaders can rear up, roar and carry the day for "three strikes" or Megan's Law. And in the endless wrangle over welfare reform, which hit the headlines again last week, children have proved to be a deal breaker. "I can win any argument by saying we need reform of welfare, but not at the cost of kids," says Senator Edward Kennedy, who derailed Bob Dole's welfare proposal by branding it the "home alone" bill because there was no money specifically targeted for child care...
Though a lay reader may get lost amid the dense references--who knows the difference between Jehoiakim and Jehoiachin or the meaning of tohu-bohu?--the basic argument is clear. Each conquering faith must contend with the potent presence of its predecessors, and none have fully succeeded. Construction is ideology: building has always been employed, also unsuccessfully, to cement permanent ownership...