Word: argumentative
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Certainly, there should be room for friction, dissension and difference of opinion in an academic community—a University devoted to open and honest discourse is based on argument. And, certainly, one can expect some tension between a candidate and those who view him as a potential “spoiler” in an important election. But the kind of unimaginative and disrespectful proselytizing of the LaRouche supporters in question or the openly combative College Dems—not to mention Nader’s unimpressive and angry sensitivity to such taunting—is frustrating. The Forum...
...wish we'd never gone that way." Parents argue that because they save the public thousands of dollars a year per child by opting for private education, they're entitled to a return on their taxes in the form of moderately generous government grants to private schools. But this argument, says Greens spokesman Jon Edwards, indicates a misunderstanding of the purpose of tax, which governments should redistribute for the good of the community - "not to make personalized refunds that service our choices." Some of the schools on Latham's hit list have warned they'll have to raise their fees...
...arch-conservative justice defiled a usually-staid Institute of Politics forum last week, saying for the sake of argument that perhaps “sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged...
...otherwise perfectly lucid individuals insist that the Europeans and their unmistakably anti-American cohorts don’t despise us at all. Crazy, I know, but I’ll continue for the sake of argument. This view attributes the world’s emulation of the United States not to a plan to eliminate our well-deserved dominant status, but to a feeling of admiration and a desire to share in our prosperity...
...invitations not received and phone calls unreturned. Some families have split up on Sundays, and others have fought. Irene Parker wanted to "follow my heart" and go to Holy Cross. Her husband, a St. Alban's vestryman, wanted to stay. "Todd and I had a huge fight, the biggest argument of our marriage," she says. "Todd said he didn't believe God meant to split our family. I read Scripture and prayed and decided to stay and fight for St. Alban's and the Episcopal Church...