Word: argumentative
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...irreverence in portraying Sun Yat-sen as a character from opera bouffe and Chiang as an "ill-tempered bravo" almost contradicts the charges of Machiavellian villainy he wishes to press. The Soong Dynasty brings much pungent material to light; in the end, however, it works less well as an argument with history than as a crackling, made-for-TV story unraveled with fluency and flair. --By Pico Iyer
...crumbling argument, Evans claims that there was “a lot of misinformation out there” in the weeks leading up to the notorious tailgate. According to the captain, “You can’t tell us 4,000 [people will attend] and have 10,000 show up.” The BPD was also apparently led to believe that there would be “no entertainment, but kids were carrying boom-boxes and singing karaoke.” If this is the case, Evans has every right to be upset with the handling...
...most E.U. nations commonly make use of losses in this way, but primarily to offset profits made in the same country as the losses. In 2001, the company cited Britain's "group relief" rules that allow firms to cluster different business units for tax purposes; if successful, the argument would have gained Marks & Spencer tax relief of about $56 million. But that same year, Britain's Inland Revenue said no, declaring that Marks & Spencer had no right to deduct its Continental losses because they hadn't been incurred in Britain. The retailer appealed the decision to the E.C.J., and last...
...dismissed the argument, saying the court couldn't tolerate measures that infringed fundamental freedoms merely because they might reduce revenue. However, the advocate general did throw one sop to the opponents. He stipulated that companies should not be able to offset losses from foreign subsidiaries that had received advantageous tax treatment in the state in which they resided. If adopted by the full court, that caveat will prevent companies from taking losses in one tax jurisdiction while simultaneously carrying them forward in another. What next? The European Commission has long struggled to devise a common set of European corporate...
...opening remarks (“So, who wants to start us off on Coleridge?...Anyone?”). I like to make a very broad summary statement early on that suggests I’ve done the reading, while not requiring me to advance an original argument. After the teaching fellow places a check mark next to my name, I’m in the clear to doodle, daydream, or stare out the window. I’ve observed a similar pattern in most of my classmates, resulting in a dramatic drop in the level of conversation...