Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...begin with the economic argument, though fiscal considerations ought to factor only minimally for two reasons. First, instituting the living wage for 1,000 workers would cost Harvard less than one half of a percent of its annual operating budget of over $1.5 billion. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, Harvard's decisions as an educational institution, not as a disinterested corporation, carry didactic messages for its students...
...this argument--that there is no room for men in a class about "feminist ethics"--is flawed. Today's co-educational academic community runs against the long-asserted idea that women learn best in an classroom consisting completely of other women...
...that are not made for the other. A single-sex institution is by definition choosing to exclude one or the other gender, and that decision is buttressed by every action the institution makes. Whether or not the individual agrees with this philosophy, there is no real argument because the intent is clear from the very beginning; an applicant knowingly accepts or rejects it by choosing the institutions...
...Argument," the second dance on the program and this season' premiere, was the most interesting of all three, because it conveyed the subtle presence of a story line that enabled the dancers to display both their musicality and their talent as actors, In her dance with Shawn Gannon Ruth Davidson (who has danced with the company since its first performance in 1980.)conveyed both a jaded and aggressive quality of movement that was suggestive of a long-married couple...
...they were fair game for attack. Clinton, on the other hand, is ostensibly "on our side" as a proponent of abortion rights, child care and equal pay. To attack him would be to weaken the standing of an "advocate" in the fight for woman's rights. I understand the argument...