Word: argumentation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...must realize that positive change is difficult to come by and sometimes requires more urgent action, not "subtle" argument. To borrow a phrase, we do not believe that respect and understanding is too much to ask of Harvard's student body. --Dionne A. Fraser '99 Dahni-El Y. Giles '99 Josephine S. Noble '99 Terrance Q. Norflis '99 Jason B. Phillips...
Granted, citizenship is a hard thing to teach, and there is at least some argument to be had on whether a university such as Harvard should even try its hand at teaching it. But Eliot understood that those fortunate few who receive the benefit of a Harvard education ought to leave here able to serve as model citizens in this republic. If not them, who? Indeed, Eliot advocated going much further than the Kennedy School does today: He believed that Harvard College itself should be a school of public service, that it should hold among its most treasured ideals...
...first this argument seems logical and demagogically appealing. A dialectical look, however, reveals its utter hypocrisy. The Great Hall is not the only example of a redundant monument to a defunct, "oppressive" culture. Another excellent example of such a work is the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak, Egypt. While ancient Egypt is very much the culture du jour, those of us who appreciated this civilization long before it was fashionable to do so realize that, like turn-of-the-century America, it had many not-so admirable aspects. For 2,000 years, the Egyptian Pharaohs and High Priests poured...
...assembling a panel to investigate the value of mines to the U.S. But a new policy began to jell even before committee members could be chosen. With the White House concerned over the humanitarian issue and the brewing controversy, and many in the Pentagon already convinced by the antimine argument, Shalikashvili and the Joint Chiefs concluded that the U.S. should give up on mines (always excepting protection of South Korea and the Persian Gulf). Only the timing remains an issue. Since the military has accepted Leahy's moratorium for 1999, the White House is pressing that year as the start...
...silent, or even that they should have limited their criticism to discussing the issue with Mr. Mansfield. He wrote an opinion piece ("A Poor Defense of Diversity," Guest Commentary, April 8, 1996), and I am certain that The Crimson would have welcomed a retort. In such an article, the argument of the protesters could be developed beyond slogans and adhominem attacks. Many of us would have been more impressed, more sympathetic and more likely to be convinced if they had answered his arguments, just as he answered President Rudenstine's report...