Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro juxtaposed with the sea of headscarves on young Muslim school girls in Cairo, Egypt drives home the incredible diversity of beauty found across the continents. While the exhibition might be poorly named, it still has much to offer. Rather than becoming an argument over photographic methods, “From Film to Digital” examines a deeper topic and gives dignity to people that are often forgotten or objectified. The prints might not be the most novel, but they are certainly well captured and visually appealing. Positioned in an easily accessible space that...
...maybe the argument is flawed. New research by David Barker of the University of Iowa and Eric Miller of the Congressional Budget Office indicates that homeownership actually has little to no effect on how kids do in school. Their paper, "Homeownership and Child Welfare," which appears in the summer issue of Real Estate Economics, is drumming up interest in housing-policy circles for calling into question one of the basic rationales for encouraging people to own homes. It's yet another idea - like house prices always go up, and down payments aren't that important - being re-evaluated...
...restoring security and a measure of hope to Colombia, which endured four decades of guerrilla war and drug cartel shootouts. But his reelection drive may ultimately damage his legacy. Uribe's implicit message - that without him Colombia would suddenly fall back into chaos - pokes holes in his own argument that things are going along so swimmingly. In turn, his determination to run has kept other highly qualified candidates who share his governing philosophy - like Vargas Lleras and former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos - on the sidelines. Thus, if Uribe's reelection drive comes unglued, opposition candidates who have been campaigning...
...Some students have complained that attaching the phrase “Harvard Yard” to expensive clothing will entrench Harvard’s elitist image and discourage potential students who aren’t from affluent backgrounds from applying. Because the clothing is expensive, the argument goes, these prospective applicants will be convinced that Harvard really is a place for the privileged alone. But all things considered, it seems highly unlikely that the Harvard Yard clothing line will do anything to discourage applications. Harvard licenses its name to a wide variety of products across many different price ranges?...
...writes, have failed to challenge the rich and powerful. "The hoary institutions of Indian democracy - the judiciary, the police, the 'free' press and, of course, elections - far from working as a system of checks and balances, quite often do the opposite." But there is more passion than reasoned argument here. Urbanization, for example, may be destroying rural communities, but it also liberates people from the appalling restrictions of village life. Roy couldn't care a whit for such subtleties - yet to fault her for that is to miss the point of a polemic. She demands an emotive response...