Word: argumentative
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...little boys down and told them that I didn' t make the rules, I didn' t put the 13 on the movie, and that I loved them so much that I would agree to follow the rules. They seemed to buy the argument, and after two weeks the pleas started to slow down. Imagine my dismay then, when driving to a tee-ball game, one of my sons' teammates Charlie jumped into the minivan and shouted, "Spiderman is so cool. It is the most amazing movie. What was your favorite part?" I cringed and then from the backseat came...
...only ones to reject this “market” argument. So does Yale’s chief investment officer, David Swenson, a Yale alumnus who earns roughly $1.1 million per year and manages an endowment fund that has outperformed Harvard’s in recent years. Recently, Swenson said, “the structure of Harvard Management is inherently unstable.” He also warned that, “You can’t pay managers astronomical amounts of money because it tears at the fabric of [a university...
Furthermore, allowing religious groups and individuals exemptions from a reasonable civil law is discriminatory to non-religious organizations and individuals. While religious people can claim that being subjected to a certain law is against their most deeply held religious convictions, atheists cannot raise such an argument in order to seek exemption from a law. An adamantly anti-homosexual adoption agency with no religious affiliation would not be able to seek the same exemption sought by Catholic charities but would rather have to attempt to articulate a secular reason why they cannot place children in same-sex homes. Would said homophobic...
Among many Democrats, the stock argument is that Bush made his decision capriciously, and they remain unconvinced that he did his due diligence when deciding that preemption was right in Iraq’s case...
...show.The pinnacle of absurdity—and I mean that in the best possible way—was the show’s final scene, “Thinking Up a New Name for the Act (Meat and Potatoes).” It encompassed a lengthy and impassioned argument, several sexual puns, and three musical numbers (one “West Side Story” medley, one takeoff on “All That Jazz” from “Chicago,” and one on “Chicago?...