Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Levesque. Indeed, he is correct: negotiating with the separatists would lead to increased pressure from other quarters in Canada. Clark, who may not win any of the seventy-odd seats in Quebec (out of 264 total), would certainly not have a mandate from Quebec. And Levesque's most powerful argument would be implicit: if Canadians don't want Trudeau, then they don't care about Quebec either...
...Controversial Donors." These are people "who are said to have earned then money by immoral means or to have acted in ways that conflict with strongly held values in the community." Bok notes that Harvard has historically taken such money and looked the other way, which presumably is an argument for Harvard continuing to do so. Besides, if Harvard were to refuse one such gift, he implies, it would have to consider doing the same to all unsavory gifts, and if it took one and not another, it would commit the great sin of inconsistency. Better to be consistently amoral...
Morgan contends HEW should no longer require detailed desegregation planning from North Carolina. He argues that the state's history of de jure segregation-the basis of HEW'S demands-has become legally irrelevant. If upheld, Morgan's argument could undermine university desegregation agreements negotiated by HEW with Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma and Virginia...
Lapide's highly unorthodox view, presented last year in the German-language book Resurrection-A Jewish Faith Experience, seeks to bridge the gap created by nearly two millenniums of antagonism. His argument draws upon the views of a number of medieval rabbis who believed that the Christian church must somehow be part of God's plan. If the two religions both derive from the same God, says Lapide, Christianity could not be founded upon a lie. And since it "stands or falls" with the Easter story, Lapide concludes that the church was "born...
None of the Justices heeded Lando's argument that allowing questions about a reporter's thoughts would have a "chilling effect" on editorial decision making: White contended that only lies would be "chilled." Though they dissented, both Justice William Brennan and Justice Thurgood Marshall said they did not understand how a journalist could be prevented from thinking. Their concern was that journalists would be reluctant to discuss stories openly and frankly among themselves in the newsroom. Brennan would allow questions about these conversations only if the plaintiff could first show that he had been harmed by a false...