Word: argumentation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...That report [on the government] isinteresting," says the historian, "because onecould make the argument that Harvard's secrecy,particularly with regards to the archives, hassimilar effects...
...told that the Core "does not define intellectual breadth as...the surveying of current knowledge in certain fields." Most arguments raised concerning the Core focus on the shortage, if not mere lack, of what we at Harvard hear our friends from other colleges call "survey courses." Many feel Core classes are far too narrow for a curriculum which claims its intent is to foster a board education. Taking Literature and Arts B - 3 9 ("Michelangelo") clearly is not the same as taking an art survey class. This argument criticizing the limited number of broad survey courses is not the root...
...European History or poetry class, but should demand that its applicants and acceptees have had one. As a top university in the country, it should be attracting those students with a previous, high-school-provided general education. Therefore, students requesting broader classes in the Core Curriculum are presenting an argument indicative not of a shortcoming in the Core itself, but of a lowering in the standards of "pre-Harvard" education...
...London restaurant Anne (Katrin Cartlidge of Naked) and her estranged husband meet to discuss their problems. Their conversation is interrupted by a loud argument between a waiter and a customer. The customer leaves, then returns and sprays the room with shots, killing the husband, among others...
...there is, said the Republicans, whose debatable argument had 1 of every 5 American small businessmen canceling new products out of fear of product-liability lawsuits. According to Wyatt Co., a Washington consulting firm, the cost to companies of settling suits against corporate officers rose 39%, to an average $4.6 million, in the period from 1986 to 1994. Furthermore, the average cost to industries for hiring outside counsel...