Word: argumentative
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...vote. The no side has consistently led in the polls all year. Still, a week before the vote, some 20% of voters were undecided. So far, the late deciders seem to be going to the yes camp, but whether that's due to the strength of its argument or the size of its war chest depends on whom you ask. The government allocated €5.5 million to both the no and yes camps to finance the campaigns. But that equality didn't last long. Some 70% of the 57,000 businesses in the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise support the euro...
...debate. On Stockholm street corners, workers dutifully dispense yes or no pins from little huts. And would-be voters are assaulted by huge hanging banners and billboards: "Better krona in your pocket than euros in your unemployment check," said one billboard erected by the no campaigners. Persson's main argument is economic: join the euro now and trade will increase with the rest of the euro zone, interest rates will drop from the current 2.75% to the 2% level in Euroland and investment in the country will increase. Sounds good - until you notice that the economies of the three...
...rather suddenly and for the first time in 35 years, U.S. military leaders are talking about increasing troop strength, not so much to fight wars as to do mop-up. To some politicians and commentators, the bombing of the lightly guarded U.N. headquarters in Baghdad last week was an argument for increasing not only the U.S. presence in Iraq but the overall size of the military too. Officially, the Pentagon insisted that neither was necessary. But the Bush Administration tacitly conceded that the U.S. needed help when, after the bombing, it renewed efforts to win support for a U.N. resolution...
Some critics say the argument over enlarging the military misses the point: the country needs not a bigger Army but a different foreign policy. "This nation cannot deal effectively with the combination of terrorism, rogue states and weapons of mass destruction in all places and every time through the unilateral use of U.S. military force," says Lawrence Korb, a senior Reagan-era Pentagon official who is now with the Council on Foreign Relations. Working more cooperatively with other nations, he says, would ease the strain on the U.S. military while marshaling international support for the actions ultimately taken...
...crave undemanding companionship. Alexandra Robbins, an author and self-professed tomboy from Washington, says she has more male friends than female. "Guys tend to be more laid-back," she says. "There's no agenda, and none of the cattiness. I've never gotten into a fight or even an argument with a male friend...