Word: argumentative
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...rebel and a Rhodes Scholar—Koh filed suit against the U.S. in a Brooklyn federal district court. He argued that the Haitians had a right to counsel and that the government was illegally denying him access to his clients. The Justice Department struck back with the same argument that had convinced the Atlanta appeals court...
...Social Studies 10 last year, knows how to talk philosophy without putting his audience to sleep. Shelby’s writing style, although very methodical in its presentation and analysis of previous calls for African-American unity, has a compelling, discursive tone that compels readers to eagerly follow his argument over the course of 256 pages...
...defying the hip image conveyed by the young red-shirted man who poses with outstretched arms on the cover. I admit, I found myself feeling as though I were reading an overlong introduction to an Expos 20 paper. Indeed, I wondered when Shelby would move beyond setting up his argument and actually advance it by adding a new dimension to the historical facts...
...Shelby’s organized and thoughtful argument in “We Who Are Dark” that compels readers to reexamine the condition of an America where overt racial injustice has been eradicated and veiled racial injustices abound. While the book is about the evolving status of black solidarity in America, it also opens the channels for discussion about the important role that racism plays in the lives of all Americans—not just blacks...
...therefore, not needed. They do, indeed, make a strong case: users of the library project will only be able to see snippets of books under copyright, and the works will be displayed with links to booksellers where they can be purchased. Then there’s the dangerously compelling argument that the project, by disseminating literature to people and places that would otherwise not have access to it, a greater human interest is served...