Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...States of America, home of the brave, land of the free. We enjoy unparalleled prosperity, we have a huge arsenal, and astounding civil liberties. Why should we accept an international benchmark for education? This is the jingoistic version of the challenge, but there is a moral ground to this argument as well. Who says that being good at science and math has anything to do with being a good citizen, or even a good person...
There are essentially two arguments against Clinton's plan for national standards, and, combined, they have managed to keep his measures from passing in Congress. On the conservative side, members of Congress have argued that national standards and testing would be an illegal extension of federal powers into state and local territory. On the progressive side, minority Democrats have argued that such standards could damage the self-esteem of students. This last argument seems to be aimed mostly at Clinton's jabs against "social promotion," the practice of graduating students from grade to grade according to their age, even...
Steele's affidavit is obviously a help for Bob Bennett and All the President's Lawyers; the President doesn't hit on women, the argument will go, he just comforts them in distress, and they may misunderstand or exaggerate that gesture. In fact, says a source close to Clinton, it was the President who was upset by the whole Willey affair. She and her husband Edward, a lawyer, were longtime supporters who had run into serious trouble: Edward was accused of embezzling nearly $300,000 from clients. Penniless and publicly humiliated, Willey came to see Clinton, weeping and distraught...
Agrees Davis, "In one sense, it's probably truethat [undocumented pieces displayed in museums]will be available for scholars, but the other sideto the argument is that by accepting undocumentedpieces, it keeps the market going, is keeping thelooting going...
...parents who have yet to earn college degrees. It is likely that the job offers I might receive as a Harvard graduate will have starting salaries well over the combined income of my mother and father, who together supported a family of five. From this perspective, Thernstrom's argument appears to be legitimate: in terms of economic and educational success, the prospects for the rest of my life look a lot brighter than what they could have been just a generation...