Word: argumentation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Discussing the role that race played in the trial, Cochran said that contrary to what has been suggested, his closing argument didn't drive a wedge between the races, it simply revealed the chasm that already exists...
...Star's editorial ("A Lack of Common Ground," Oct. 25) is so replete with contradictions and half-truths that we are almost reluctant to dignify it with a response. As if equating the Harvard Black Students Association with the Ku Klux Klan were not enough to completely discredit his argument, Star goes on to fill his lengthy article with multiple inane, illogical assertions. He begins by stating that we, as Americans, are "stuck in the tradition...of judging other people by their color." He later contends in his conclusion that "racism merely pervades the outer fringes of American society...
...least one of the films in the series ("Natural Born Killers") faced opposition not simply on the basis of its artistic or educational merit but on the question of the public welfare: the old argument of monkey-see, monkey-do. But, in truth, whether, say, "Reservoir Dogs" leads to a rash of sloppy plastic surgery set to cheesy 70's music depends most immediately on the mental state of the viewer than anything else. For the careful viewer, then, the series best illustrates the potential for careful filmmakers to apply sex and violence as particularly powerful tools of cinema (most...
This is an argument for diversity. Unfortunately, diversity is being threatened by an increasingly intervasive company called Microsoft...
Abramson is battling for a verdict of manslaughter. "We're not going to get up and say you must acquit because the gloves don't fit," she said during her opening argument. If she succeeds, the brothers, who have been in jail nearly six years, may have already done much of their time. But if Conn manages to convince the seven male and five female jurors that the murders were premeditated--whether motivated by fear, as the defense contends, or greed--then the verdict will be first-degree murder, with a possible sentence of death. He will tell the jury...