Word: argumentative
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...where police procedurals walk viewers through an investigation--allowing them to pretend they're solving the case themselves--The Jury leads them each week through the nebulous process of argument, negotiation and judgment. As important as the facts are the jurors' biases and baggage. Evaluating an expert's testimony, one man grumbles, "My wife was diagnosed by three different experts. She died anyway." The same testimony can lead two well-intentioned people to opposite conclusions. It's 12 Angry Rasho...
...Crimson submitted its own brief opposing Harvard’s motion, claiming that Harvard misunderstood the crux of the original argument. The brief reiterated that although Harvard remains a private institution, its individual officers may still act as governmental agents...
...hearing on Feb. 23, Harvard’s attorney reiterated the argument that the open records law pertains only to records “that reside in the custody of governmental agencies...
...never personally offended. Why? Because I was not necessarily personally invested in the argument. The goal of a sports columnist should not be to share all of his personal opinions with a wide audience. As I said, I’m just a dude who likes sports. Instead, the purpose of sports columns should be to offer an idea, fact or suggestion that enriches and promotes discourse. Man, I’m starting to sound like John Stuart Mill. This is getting too serious...
...probably worked harder on his thesis than anything else,” adds Kaiser, who wrote a book on the same subject about four years ago. “In part it was an oral history, with interviews, but it also had a good theoretical argument...