Word: argumentative
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...argument ensues. Evan Z. Macosko ’03 says he is concerned that the political discussions in their room have a tendency to quickly “devolve” to joking. The discussion continues, but some of the roommates elect to leave the room...
When Kirk O. Kolbo, the attorney representing Grutter and Gratz, began his oral argument at 10 a.m., Justice Sandra Day O’Connor—widely considered to be one of the swing votes—quickly interrupted, noting that when a school receives “thousands of applications for just a few slots...inherent in that setting is making choices about which students to admit...
Justice David H. Souter ’61 mentioned a study by former Harvard President Derek C. Bok to challenge Olson’s argument that affirmative action may in fact stigmatize minorities instead of benefitting them...
...White House. Powell argued that if Saddam was to be disarmed, it was best to do so with the backing of the international community. The Security Council, Powell said, was ready to force Saddam to accept weapons inspectors for the first time since 1998. Bush was hearing the same argument from old colleagues of his father's, like Brent Scowcroft, Rice's predecessor and mentor, and from British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was due to visit Camp David at the end of the month. On Aug. 26, in Crawford, Texas, Bush held a meeting of the National Security Council...
...major proponents of intelligent design include scientists who are more successful at catching the attention of the media than their scientific colleagues. The problem is that the supporters of design have serious internal disagreements. Refute one, and another will pop up with a slight variation on the argument. As a result, publications that run pieces on design get hit with an explosion of letters that look like a debate. But the internal debate is actually helpful to design proponents trying to get themselves heard...