Word: argumentative
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...serving no purpose to the community at large. After all, they said, the tutor was no threat to anyone, and certainly hadn’t committed any crime. The incident was personal business that didn’t belong in the campus newspaper or in the public eye, the argument went...
...Hoffer argues that questions of intent are irrelevant. “You can’t use the argument that it wasn’t intentional. Plagiarism is a strict liability offense,” he says. He suggests academia’s treatment of high-profile professors can be akin to an Orwellian scenario: “Some animals are more equal than others...
Although Fisher acknowledges that his argument was “a bit of a gamble,” seven justices ultimately ruled in its favor...
...Although many lawyers told [Fisher] to focus on a narrower issue that was specific to the Crawford case in his oral argument, he knew when to be bold,” says Richard D. Friedman ’73, who is Aigler professor of law at the University of Michigan. Friedman assisted Fisher with the case and sat with him during his oral argument...
Summers has emerged as an outspoken backer of the officer training program since his arrival at Mass. Hall in 2001. But, last July, he said in a private meeting that he was “not prepared” to make the argument for ROTC space on campus, according to Baker...