Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fact that a few students want only four soft years and a degree may be a good argument against the reinstitution of non-Honors tutorial on a compulsory basis. But some provision must be made for the other non-Honors students...
...second argument was with Toynbee, who classifies religions into higher and lower categories. Toynbee stands above faith and accuses Christianity and Christians of pride because they will not admit that their religion's major ideas, even the concept of divine self-sacrifice, are to be found in other world religions. Newbigin asked what Toynbee's criterion of judgment could be; how by setting himself above all religions he can have standards by which to criticize them...
...overdose of Miltown. Soprano Zinka Milanov found her still-beautiful voice crumbling around the edges. Allowances are customarily made for inept acting in prima donnas, but Diva Milanov plunged beyond the point of tolerance as she flung herself about the stage clutching her ample midriff. She provided a fine argument for bringing back Callas at all costs...
...engines has brought complaints from householders near airports, led some airports to impose restrictions that cut into the jets' payload. But despite all the uproar, the sound suppressors that every jet uses cut their noise level to that of a DC-7, makes the noise argument seem as dated as the early objections to the noise of the horseless carriage...
Swomley based his argument on the destructive potential of modern weapons. He stated that it is morally wrong for the U.S. to take part in an arms system "which, if used, would destroy civilized life...