Word: argumentative
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...They might make it an anti-bank, an anti-pension, or an anti-financial well-being argument,” she said...
...know that society no longer believes in sentencing a 17-year-old killer to death? Kennedy's argument mirrors his reasoning in a 2002 decision that outlawed death sentences for the mentally retarded. He notes that since 1989 five states have banned capital punishment for juveniles, making the practice illegal in 30 states, including the 12 with an outright ban on executions. Second, Kennedy cites scientific literature showing that, like the retarded, adolescents lack mature judgment and a full appreciation of the consequences of their actions. They are also more vulnerable than adults to peer pressure. Third, Kennedy points...
...Harvard (extension)” (Editorials, Feb. 28). Why The Crimson chose to devote its editorial energies to bashing Hilary Duff as well as the Extension School is beyond the comprehension of many. Perhaps you have to be enrolled in the College to truly understand the complexities of the argument (attack...
...that modest amount, almost $5 was actually for consultants from the donor countries, more than $3 was for emergency aid, about $4 went for servicing Africa's debts and $5 was for debt-relief operations. The rest, about $12, went to Africa. Since the "money down the drain" argument is heard most frequently in the U.S., it's worth looking at the same calculations for U.S. aid alone. In 2002, the U.S. gave $3 per sub-Saharan African. Taking out the parts for U.S. consultants and technical cooperation, food and other emergency aid, administrative costs and debt relief...
...recently took steps toward self-improvement. Launched in two Sydney registries a year ago, the pilot Children's Cases Program aims to make cases quicker, cheaper, less formal and less acrimonious. Speed is achieved by skirting the rules of evidence: there's little scope for legal objection or technical argument. Litigants make an opening statement, directly addressing the judge, who - perhaps eschewing the wig and robe - keeps things moving with a word of advice here, a cautionary tale there. "The (eight) judges who've been involved in the CCP all embrace it very enthusiastically," says Chief Justice Bryant, who thinks...