Word: argumentation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sally Capozzi, 63, a widow and a member of the parish council, isn't buying this historical relativism: "Christ is God, and he knew what would happen in the future." Kevin Coyle, 35, a student at nearby Towson State University, disagrees with Sally's argument that women were not intended by Christ for the priesthood: "I look at other faiths and think, Why is the Roman Catholic Church different? I support women's rights. If women can hold other jobs and are intelligent and capable, why hold them back...
...know if it is the Bronx," Steinbrenner told The New York Times. "I'm not going to get into that argument again, but these guys deserve big-time support...
While the committee report would seem to be an academic argument, there is something inherently political in the call for ethnic studies that reveals itself in the means its supporters across the country have used to press their demands. Hunger strikes, sit-ins and organized protests invoke memories of the '60s, as calls for justice when ordinary channels of protest have broken down...
Some were angered by the tone of defense attorney Johnnie L. Cochran's closing argument and the impact it may have had on the jury's decision...
Asked if the perspective minorities enjoy contributes to the intellectual diversity of the department, Mansfield said, "There's something to that, but it presupport that minorities all think the same. That's quite a weak argument for professional graduate education...