Word: argumentation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...final argument informally used by Dean Lewis to oppose the diploma bill was that it would necessitate renegotiation of the Harvard-Radcliffe agreement. As students who realize that the relationship of these two institutions continues to evolve, we expect that renegotiations of the 1977 agreement will occur as Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges see fit. It seems only logical that because female undergraduates are simultaneously enrolled in Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges upon their admission, their diplomas should reflect that. No legitimate claim can thus be made that adding the signature of Dean Lewis, representing Harvard College's recognition of its female...
...Crimson executives in question also defend themselves by nothing that several of the individuals whom Danilewitz names are themselves Jews. This point, however, is irrelevant. Arguing that Jews cannot discriminate against other Jews is an extremely weak and historically uninformed argument. Moreover, it does not address Danilewitz's main point: that these discussions should not have occurred...
...implied, not specified, in the Constitution--but it became downright sinister during Watergate when Richard Nixon invoked it in an attempt to block release of his secret Oval Office tapes. Ever since, Executive privilege has been associated with Executive cover-up, which tends to overlook the legitimate argument that a President has a right to unfettered advice. But prosecutors and Congress have countervailing rights, and to prevail in a privilege claim, a President must show that he has a "compelling need" to keep something secret--a need that outweighs another part of government's right to know...
Clinton's argument seems shakier than Starr's, but White House aides from Washington to Africa, where the President was traveling last week, insist he is not making this legal maneuver to push off Starr's investigation. "We want to get this [investigation] over with as soon as possible," says Clinton adviser Rahm Emanuel. But delay has been enormously helpful to Clinton. By refusing to explain his relationship with Lewinsky, he created a time-release capsule that aided the public's digestion of the scandal, giving people the leisure to sort out which parts of the President's character...
Steinem forgot this: the law, at women's urging, has expanded so that even one pass, if egregious enough, can be legally actionable. Repeated efforts are not needed. The far better argument would be to admit that we, and the world, have changed since the Thomas hearings. For one thing, lots of men get it now. Women are heard loud and clear; one accusation alone can be ruinous...