Word: argumentative
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...Short is too good a writer to simply dismiss Pol Pot as an evil aberration. But his alternative argument?that brutality is somehow hardwired into Cambodian society?is not scholarly enough to be convincing. He makes his case largely by an unblinking focus on horror: children decapitated, lynch mobs eating their victims' fried livers, and so on. This attempt to place Pol Pot's wickedness in a wider psychohistorical context feels misguided rather than malicious, although Cambodian readers might feel differently...
This is not a partisan argument. The endorsements are so beneficial because they are among the most well researched, clearly grounded opinions available in print. News shows such as “Crossfire” pretend to give information, but instead spiral into a screamfest with no logical layout of the issues. It’s not hard to find profiles of the candidate’s platforms. The Washington Post, for example, has run a series of editorials called “The Choice” comparing Bush’s and Kerry’s views on various...
...fees ranging into the thousands. All a girl has to do is put on a cute tank top and knock on the door. I know many Radcliffe alums are rolling their eyes (or rolling in their graves) as I breach the “sex is power” argument. But, let’s face it. Sex is power. One of the final club men I spoke with put a nice spin on the female advantage: “Women generally have a pretty free usage of the properties because the final clubs want as many women as possible...
...Zelary her home, rather than just a place for her to lie low until the Nazis forget about her. Actors Geislerova and Cserhalmi artfully and skillfully depict their characters’ relationship as it gradually progresses from the haltingly formal to the faintly resentful to, well, a fairly strong argument in favor of arranged marriages...
...Then we have the opportunity to file a brief, and then they set a date for an argument in appeals court,” she said. “They say why they should be allowed an appeal, we will argue our opposition...